New artefacts from prisoners of war on display at revamped Changi Chapel and Museum
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Changi murals in the “resilience in adversity” section. (Photo: Jeremy Long)
11 May 2021 01:30PM)
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SINGAPORE: In a letter dated Apr 20, 1945, a woman named Florence Duncan professed her steadfast love for her husband, John Sharp Duncan, after he was captured when Singapore fell to the Japanese.
They had only been married for a year, but she wrote that it was another birthday since their separation and she missed him.
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Mrs Duncan’s poignant letter is one of the 114 personal effects and war artefacts on display at the Changi Chapel and Museum, which spotlight the hardships, courage and resilience of prisoners of war (POWs) and their families during the Japanese Occupation in Singapore.