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Copy of a diary by Oppenheim describing the retreat of the army to Singapore, the city's surrender and his escape initially by sail boat to Sumatra, Sri Lanka and then Bombay. The diary is anonymous, but Mortimer Hay, who also participated in the escape, has identified its author as Oppeneheim, based upon internal evidence and comparisons of its manuscript with Oppenheim's handwriting (18 sheets). For Hay's account see RCMS 103/12/4.<\/p>
H.R. Oppenheim was a Chartered Accountant who worked for the firm of McAulife, Davis & Hope in Ipoh when the war against Japan began. He served in the Light Battery of the Artillery Section of the F.M.S. Volunteer Forces.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Author(s)", "value": "Oppenheim, H R" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "1960-1961 (The diary has a chronological summary from 7 Dec. 1941 to 12 Sept. 1945, but its detailed entries cover the period from 26 Jan. 1942 to 10 Mar. 1943.)" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Diary of an escape from Singapore in Feb. 1942, after the fall of Singapore to the Japanese" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "RMR" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "paper" }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "RCMS 103/12/3" }, { "label": "Associated Place(s)", "value": "Asia (continent); Colombo (inhabited place); Indonesia (nation); Malaysia (nation); Singapore (inhabited place); Sri Lanka (nation); Sumatra (island)" } ], "@type": "sc:Manifest", "attribution": "Provided by Cambridge University Library. Images are in copyright. All rights reserved. Images made available for download are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-NC 3.0) This metadata is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.", "structures": [{ "canvases": [ "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/1", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/2", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/3", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/4", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/5", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/6", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/7", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/8", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/9", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/10", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/11", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/12", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/13", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/14", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/15", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/16", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/17", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/canvas/18" ], "@type": "sc:Range", "@id": "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-RCMS-00103-00012-00003/range/DOCUMENT", "label": "Diary of an escape from Singapore in Feb. 1942, after the fall of Singapore to the Japanese" }], "description": "
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