Monteiro, Joseph

Private  Straits Settlements Volunteer Force
Unit –  No 1 M. F. A

Birth place  – Singapore 
Birth date  – 10/ 06/ 1921

Death date  – 
Father  – 
Mother  – 

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Prisoner card of Joseph Monteiro

Joseph Monteiro was an apprentice mechanic in the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force in Singapore.

He was born on 10 June 1921 in Singapore, the son of Portuguese descendants.

After the Japanese conquest of Singapore, he was sent as a prisoner for six months to Changi internment camp.

Later, transported to work on the "Thai-Burma" railway.

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