Michael Pether of New Zealand has carried out extensive research on the topic of the evacuation of Singapore in February 1942. Anyone interested in this topic would benefit greatly from reading his work. Below is listed some of the research that Michael has done to date – 2024.
In that year, a new section below the list of ships’ passengers has been created to accommodate Michael’s research on the role of New Zealanders in the conflict.
Passenger List of HMT St. Breock Revised January 2021
Passenger List of Changteh Version 1.0.0, September 2022
Passenger List of HMS Dragonfly Revised September 2019
Passenger List of Elizabeth – a launch
Passenger List of HMS Fanling (or ‘HMS Fan Lin’) version 1.2.1; February 2020
Passenger List of Hong Tat version 1.0.0 January 2020
Passenger List of RAF Auxiliary Aquarius Revised January 2020
Passenger List of HMS Giang Bee
Passenger List of HMS Grasshopper
Passenger List of HMS Fuh Wo Revised September 2023
Passenger List of HMS Yin Ping
Passenger List of SS Tandjong Pinang
Passenger List of HMS Pahlawan Version 1.0.0: July 21
Passenger List of Poelau / Pulo Soegi Revised February 2020
Passenger List of ML 433 Revised January 2021
Passenger List of ML 311 Revised November 2020
Passenger List of Harbour Defence Motor Launch 1062 [Version 2. 0. 1; November 2020]
Passenger List of SS Redang Revised July 2020
Passenger List of HMS Scorpion (T67) Version 1.0.0 May 2021
Passenger List of HMS Siang Wo Version September 2023
Among the most studied of the ships is the Vyner Brooke. A document containing details of its sinking, the horrific aftermath, and a list of the passengers dated July 2024 can be read here.
Commemorative Address: “On Radji Beach“. Delivered at the Tin Winning Museum, Muntok, Bangka Island, on 16th February, 2019
NEW ZEALANDERS INVOLVED IN THE CONFLICT
- New Zealanders To Be Remembered
- Appendix One
- Appendix Two: RNZNVR/RNZN involved in the Defence of Malaya and Evacuation of Singapore and the Dutch East Indies
- Appendix Three: New Zealanders deaths – ‘Killed in Action’, during the Evacuation of Singapore , or died as POWs or Internees – in the region of Singapore, Malaya, Dutch East Indies, and Burma/Thailand
- Appendix Four: New Zealand Civilians held in Changi Prison Internment Camp and then Sime Road Internment Camp (1942-1945)
