Exhumation of mass graves of the Operation Sook Ching victims [2]
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- 1966 / 1967
This photograph shows a scene at one of the mass graves of the Operation Sook Ching victims. A man wearing rubber gloves and boots is squatting down, washing something in a metal basin containing muddied water. Next to the man on the ground is a mat where skulls and bones are neatly placed. 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
Subjects
- 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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