Exhumation of mass graves of the Operation Sook Ching victims [5]
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- 1966 / 1967
This photograph shows a scene at one of the mass graves of the Operation Sook Ching victims. Several men are seen on the site of the mass graves. Two men attired in muddied rubber gloves and boots, are in a hole dug out of the ground, working to unearth and remove remains from the graves. Two other men are seen in the foreground, looking on at the progress of the exhumation. This photograph was probably taken in 1966 or 1967. Date of creation estimated. Title devised by Library staff.
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All rights reserved. James M. Punter
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- Architecture and Landscape>>Streets and Places
- Personalities>>Biographies>>War Personalities>>War Victims
- Ethnic Communities>>Customs and Traditions
- Exhumation--Singapore--Photographs
- Mass burials--Singapore--Photographs
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