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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
13. LTC (RET) Chan Seck Sung, MAJ (RET) Abdul Samad s/o Athambava,
LTC (RET) Timothy De Souza, CPT (RET) Lee Song Chong,
CPT (RET) Chen Yew Ping, LTC (RET) Tony Seng Peng Koon,
MAJ (RET) Wong Fook Wah, MAJ (RET) Ajit Singh, LTC (RET) Boon Hon Lim,
MAJ (RET) Ram Janam Misir and LTC (RET) Don Seow Hock Ann
for photographs, recollections, documents and other memorabilia.
14. MAJ (RET) Lionel Stanley Thomas for initiating the idea of the book, coordinating
discussion sessions, coordinating the First Batch Annual Get-Togethers and for keeping
notes and personal records.
15. LTC Swee Boon Chai for his brief on the standard Marksmanship Test and
perhaps even more for arranging all the First Batch annual Get-togethers at Temasek Club
16. MAJ (RET) Kim Soh Har for details of the Signals training.
17. MAJ (RET) Victor Lam for digitising and organising the photographs.
18. LTC (RET) Errol Neubronner for creating a stunning CD to accompany the book.
19. Jill Neubronner for her outstanding vocalisation of the commentary accompanying the CD.
20. LTC (RET) Giles Miranda for his input on Exercise Bersatu Padu and
other exotic events.
21. Mr. Othman Wok for his recollections on the People’s Defence Force.
22. LTC (RET) Titus Stephen for his report on the selection exercise of
supernumeraries for the Commissioning Parade.
23. MAJ (RET) Jules Clive Aviet for kick-starting the research with key historical documents.
24. LTC (RET) G. Arumugam and LTC (RET) S. Muthukumaru for
background information on the Singapore Volunteer Corps and experiences with the
Malaysian Armed Forces in Fort Canning.
25. MAJ (RET) Roland Simon, RSN, for historical details of the Volunteer Navy.
26. Mr. Janadas Devan for editorial guidance.
27. National Archives of Singapore.
28. Anthony Lim Poh Cheng for his photographs.