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      <image:caption>Ruins of ‘A Famosa’</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Statue of Sir Stamford Raffles, Padang, Singapore – circa 1890</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Straits Settlements Map - circa 1893</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Eastern &amp; Oriental Hotel, George Town, Penang</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>German Cruiser SMS Emden - Artwork, circa 1915</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Raffles Hotel – circa 1920-1939</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Cathay Building in 1945</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lt Gen Arthur E. Percival in Singapore - 1941</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>HMS Prince of Wales arrives at Singapore - 4 Dec 1941</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Japanese Bombing Attack on HMS Prince of Wales and the Repulse - 10 Dec 1941</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Type 97 ‘Te-Ke’ Japanese Tanks at the Battle of Kampar</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Two-Pounder Anti-Tank Gun, 4th Reg, AIF at Bakri, Muar - 18 Jan 1942</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A Column of Smoke from Fires at the Naval Base, Singapore - Jan 1942</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Japanese Landings at Sarimbun, Singapore Island - 8 Feb 1942</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Air Raid Warden dousing an Incendiary Bomb, Singapore - 1942</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lim Bo Seng, Businessman, Resistance Fighter with Force 136, War Hero – circa 1930s</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>2nd Lt Adnan bin Saidi, Hero of the Battle of Pasir Panjang</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Japanese Troops march into Singapore City - Feb 1942</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>General Tomoyuki Yamashita with Mamoru Shinozaki, Singapore - 1942</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Selarang Barracks, Changi POW Camp, Singapore – 2 Sept 1942</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Japanese Submarine I-10 at Penang - 1942</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>MV Krait at Darwin, NT, Australia – circa 1942-1945</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Special Operatives of Operation Jaywick, MV Krait en route to Singapore – Sept 1943</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Operation Jaywick team after their successful mission - Oct 1943</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lim Bo Seng &amp; Tan Chong Tee, Force 136 (Group B) in India - circa 1942-1943</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>HMS Tally-Ho – May 1943</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Japanese Cruiser Kuma – circa 1937</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Changi Gaol &amp; POW Camp, Singapore – Aug 1945</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>C Coy, 2/29th Bn soldiers at Changi POW Camp - 1945</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Japanese Surrender of Singapore – 12 Sept 1945</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Kranji War Cemetery - 11 Dec 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Raffles Hotel - 2015</image:caption>
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