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‎Legacies of World War II in South and East Asia

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	* tropical jungle - in tune with tastes for gothic horror? predatory and dangerous? capricious cruelty? merciless vegetal foe?		* tropical jungle - in tune with tastes for gothic horror? predatory and dangerous? capricious cruelty? merciless vegetal foe?
	* notions of climatic determinism??		* notions of climatic determinism??
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		+	* THE WAR ILLUSTRATED
		+	* Scope of BL resources on WWII - http://web.archive.org/web/20060701050605/http://www.bl.uk/collections/warfare2.html

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	** http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-origins-of-the-phrase-keeping-mum.htm - Mmmmmm. Mummeries. Mummer. The term was also borrowed by members of the acting community, who started to put on “mummeries,” or silent plays, at around the same time. In a mummery, people would wear masks to conceal their identities, and portray a scene which was often laden with political and social commentary.		** http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-origins-of-the-phrase-keeping-mum.htm - Mmmmmm. Mummeries. Mummer. The term was also borrowed by members of the acting community, who started to put on “mummeries,” or silent plays, at around the same time. In a mummery, people would wear masks to conceal their identities, and portray a scene which was often laden with political and social commentary.
	** http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/9732 - image: a three-quarter length depiction of an attractive woman, reclining on a chair and looking directly out of the poster. She is surrounded by three entranced officers, representing the Army, Navy and RAF. text: Keep mum she's not so dumb! CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Greycaine Ltd., Watford and London.		** http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/9732 - image: a three-quarter length depiction of an attractive woman, reclining on a chair and looking directly out of the poster. She is surrounded by three entranced officers, representing the Army, Navy and RAF. text: Keep mum she's not so dumb! CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Greycaine Ltd., Watford and London.
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		+	'''Reading up on Ruins in Southeast Asia'''
		+	* ruins, battle ruins, fragments of british
		+	* ruins tracing the course of empire? the mute and mutable participants in great dramas spanning times and powers. witness to the fall. humbling and prophetic prompts to speculation.
		+	* discovery - its hard to accept the term with credits it with an interest or importance dating only from sighting by europeans and completely ignores local knowledge and practices.
		+	* ruins - deterioraition in aesthetic ability or expression? passing of a high point of artistic and creative history? + wider social and cultural deterioation that accompanied passing of empire?
		+	* tropical jungle - in tune with tastes for gothic horror? predatory and dangerous? capricious cruelty? merciless vegetal foe?
		+	* notions of climatic determinism??

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 === Legacies of World War II in South and East Asia ===
 Edited by David Koh Wee Hock, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
 === Chris Brown - Singapore 1942 Battle Story ===

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 === Legacies of World War II in South and East Asia ===
 Edited by David Koh Wee Hock, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
 === Chris Brown - Singapore 1942 Battle Story ===

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 == Notes ==
-* Keep Mum posters from IWM (replicated within the Battlebox)
+'''Keep Mum posters from IWM (replicated within the Battlebox)'''
 ** http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-origins-of-the-phrase-keeping-mum.htm - Mmmmmm. Mummeries. Mummer. The term was also borrowed by members of the acting community, who started to put on “mummeries,” or silent plays, at around the same time. In a mummery, people would wear masks to conceal their identities, and portray a scene which was often laden with political and social commentary.
 ** http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/9732 - image: a three-quarter length depiction of an attractive woman, reclining on a chair and looking directly out of the poster. She is surrounded by three entranced officers, representing the Army, Navy and RAF. text: Keep mum she's not so dumb! CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Greycaine Ltd., Watford and London.

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 * for academics, historians, the themes usually revolve around the whys of what happened? why did the defenders who outnumbered the invaders 3 to 1 lay down their arms? in contrast other books by brit expats focus on personal stories, oft tinged with bitterness.
 * for wg, born in cuppage rd in 1929 tail end of great depression. moved temp to geylang then settled in joochiat-katong. was in p1 during wwii. ages 8-11.5 during war.
-* wwii - death of many baba men during sook ching meant that marriages between members of the baba community became impractical. this coupled with the emanicpation of the nyonya womenfolkd, affected the essence of the baba culture and identity.
+* wwii - death of many baba men during sook ching meant that marriages between members of the baba community became impractical. this coupled with the emancipation of the nyonya womenfolks, affected the essence of the baba culture and identity.
 * wg went to koon seng rd choon guan english school, his sisters to st hilda's girls sch!!
 * 110 carpmael rd
 * pomegranate holy plant to babas? also ixora
 * great depression of 1929 - wall st crash, loss of jobs
-* lucky child, sarawak pineapple, fermented glutinous rice, mosquito bus, ah lin accident in cuppage rd due to stray cat, spritual compatibilit
+* lucky child, sarawak pineapple, fermented glutinous rice, mosquito bus, ah lin accident in cuppage rd due to stray cat, spiritual compatibility
 * lorong 30 534-A geylang rd
 * trolley buses rumbling
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 * turning off of lights during night raids air raid drills
 * singapore's blackout area not so black - singapore free press sat feb 194?
-* name tags for children in case they were seperated
+* name tags for children in case they were separated
 * ARP - air raid precaution wardens from neighbourhoods - wg's father was one
 * nelson eddy the forces of good (children shouting to make it sound like it was from him)

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 * http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/grants/margaret-george/twomey-paper.aspx
-"Their war experiences prompted a consideration of what, if any, responsibilities the nation state bore towards its citizens who chose to live beyond its borders, and then unwittingly suffered owing to their nationality when confronted by the nation's military enemy. The case of civilian internees became not so much a question of citizenship ‘rights' as it did a matter of charity – and accordingly, it invoked familiar issues of discretion, judgement and contingency. (...) What were the consequences for former civilian internees like Frank and Mary Merritt of returning to a society in which the citizen-soldier was the dominant figure in constructions of sacrifice in wartime? This dominance did not merely occur in cultural or commemorative forms. The extensive benefits available to returned servicemen and women has led Stephen Garton to suggest that a ‘welfare apartheid' developed in 20th century Australia, one which distinguished and privileged those who had served over those who had not."
+"Their war experiences prompted a consideration of what, if any, responsibilities the nation state bore towards its citizens who chose to live beyond its borders, and then unwittingly suffered owing to their nationality when confronted by the nation's military enemy. The case of civilian internees became not so much a question of citizenship ‘rights' as it did a matter of charity – and accordingly, it invoked familiar issues of discretion, judgement and contingency. (...) What were the consequences for former civilian internees like Frank and Mary Merritt of returning to a society in which the citizen-soldier was the dominant figure in constructions of sacrifice in wartime? This dominance did not merely occur in cultural or commemorative forms. The extensive benefits available to returned servicemen and women has led Stephen Garton to suggest that a ‘welfare apartheid' developed in 20th century Australia, one which distinguished and privileged those who had served over those who had not."... "the central place that war service held in perceptions of wartime sacrifice."
 == Historical Timeline ==

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	* http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/grants/margaret-george/twomey-paper.aspx		* http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/grants/margaret-george/twomey-paper.aspx
		+	"Their war experiences prompted a consideration of what, if any, responsibilities the nation state bore towards its citizens who chose to live beyond its borders, and then unwittingly suffered owing to their nationality when confronted by the nation's military enemy. The case of civilian internees became not so much a question of citizenship ‘rights' as it did a matter of charity – and accordingly, it invoked familiar issues of discretion, judgement and contingency. (...) What were the consequences for former civilian internees like Frank and Mary Merritt of returning to a society in which the citizen-soldier was the dominant figure in constructions of sacrifice in wartime? This dominance did not merely occur in cultural or commemorative forms. The extensive benefits available to returned servicemen and women has led Stephen Garton to suggest that a ‘welfare apartheid' developed in 20th century Australia, one which distinguished and privileged those who had served over those who had not."

	== Historical Timeline ==		== Historical Timeline ==

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−	~~Consolidation~~ of personal notes and research into World War II / Battle of Singapore	+	Quick consolidation of personal notes and research into World War II / Battle of Singapore. Please excuse typos and errors, these are only working notes.

	== Visits ==		== Visits ==