SINGAPORE, MALAYA, 1942-09. THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE INCIDENT, WHERE 13,350 BRITISH AND 2,050 ...

SINGAPORE, MALAYA, 1942-09. THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE INCIDENT, WHERE 13,350 BRITISH AND 2,050 AUSTRALIAN TROOPS WERE CONCENTRATED BY THE JAPANESE GENERAL FUKUYE, BECAUSE OF THEIR REFUSAL TO SIGN A PROMISE NOT TO ESCAPE. THIS IS A GENERAL VIEW OF SELARANG BARRACKS SHOWING THE CROWDED CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE TROOPS LIVED. IN THE FOREGROUND CAN BE SEEN THE LATRINES DUG BY THE TROOPS.