May the souls of fallen friends rest in peace

In the badly planned and poorly executed 70-day Malayan Campaign to defend Malaya from the invasion of Japanese fascists, hundreds of British, Australian and Indian troops sacrificed their lives as part of the united anti-fascist front. After Singapore fell on 15 February, 1942, the armed resistance to the 44-month occupation was taken over by Defend-Malaya-Resist-Japan People's War of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) and Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA).

The topmost picture, taken from a Chinese-language archive in Kuala Lumpur, shows a graveyard in Taiping for some of the fallen friends of Malaya from Britain and Australia. May their souls rest in peace.

Malayan Campaign
http://www.mediamasters.com.sg/history.htm#battle
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/specials/noprisoners/
http://www.cofepow.org.uk/pages/armedforces_m_campaign.html

Children of the Far East Prisoners of War
http://www.cofepow.org.uk/pages/appeal.html