Photograph Album

John Butler

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An Argosy RAF ‘Erks’ towing a 215 Sqn Argosy aka ‘the whistling wheelbarrow’ or the more rude ‘flying tit’, from Changi eastern dispersal towards the western dispersal.

The building seen beyond the Argosy’s nose is where Lt. General A.E. Percival was held by the Japanese following the Capitulation of Singapore on 15th February 1942.

Singapore skyline The Singapore skyline from Far East Mansions on River Valley Road. A late 1960s photograph.

Those with a thirst will remember that the Tiger Breweries were located on River Valley Road in those days.

Bill Green, Tun Abdul Jamie and Willie TallCoffee break at Terendak
Exercise ‘Gedgerley’, Terendak, Malacca in 1967.
LEFT: Bill Green, ‘Tun Abdul’ Jamie and Willie Tall .

RIGHT: Left to right: Sgt ‘Happy Jack’ Dwyer, Maxie Beaufont, Cpl ‘Darkie’ Harrison, Alan Carr, L/Cpl ?, Jock Douglas, L/Cpl ? (behind Jock), Cpl ‘Tun Abdul’ Jameson, ‘Yorkie’ Butler, Taff Bowen, Taff Hughes (?). Click on the picture for a larger version.

Pete StubbsPete Stubbs
Pete Stubbs at Changi
LEFT: His first computer, January 1967. RIGHT: Wearing Jock Douglas’s straw hat

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