{"id":9527,"date":"2014-10-09T22:11:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T14:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=9527"},"modified":"2014-11-06T07:01:44","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T23:01:44","slug":"sunday-26-oct14-battlefield-tour-by-jon-cooper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/2014\/sunday-26-oct14-battlefield-tour-by-jon-cooper\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 26 Oct&#8217;14: Battlefield Tour by Jon Cooper"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Thank you to all those who came for the Battlefield tour. This is a video of highlights produced and shot by James Tann.<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Battlefield Tour - 26 Oct 14\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aZSzAg02ZsY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thank you for your interest. Registration is now CLOSED as all slots have been filled.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">For those of you who missed the registration, you may still apply to be on a wait list. <\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">For the successful participants, please inform us in advance if you are unable to make it so that your place can be released to those on the wait list. Thank you.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As we prepare for Liberation&#8217;70, the anniversary of end of Japanese Occupation of Singapore, join Jon Cooper, historian and archaeologist on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AdamParkProject?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Road Project<\/a>\u00a0for :<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Battlefield tour\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 26 Oct&#8217;14, 9am &#8211; 12pm<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***We will cancel this tour should AQI\/PM2.5 reach 100***<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meeting point is at the pedestrian bridge on Sime Road\u00a0entering Bukit Brown, opposite the SICC traffic light. Tour ends at 12 pm in the grounds of Bukit Brown.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>REGISTRATION: Leave a comment on this\u00a0 post to register for the tour with your name. You may register for up to 2 pax. Please note as\u00a0spaces are limited to 15,\u00a0please make sure you and your companions can attend and inform us early for cancellations as this tour is highly popular. It is suitable for children from\u00a0 4 years upwards.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The size is kept small for safety reasons and for ideal interaction as Jon shares the maps, photos and stories of the battles.\u00a0<em>All things Bukit Brown<\/em>\u00a0is only the organizer as we\u00a0 support the work that Jon and his team are doing out of respect for our common heritage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fsl\">Disclaimer: By agreeing to take this walking tour of Bukit Brown Cemetery, I understand and accept that I must be physically fit and able to do so.To the extent permissible by law, I agree to assume any and all risk of injury or bodily harm to myself and persons in my care (including child or ward). The route is not difficult, still good hardy footwear is highly recommended and\u00a0 depending on the weather it can be hot, so please wear sunscreen, a hat is advisable and plenty of drinking water. Be prepared as well for rain, bring umbrella and ponchos and Jon will assess whether the tour will continue should it get too heavy and there is lightning.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">****<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">About WW 2 at Bukit Brown<\/p>\n<p>On Feb 15, 1942, Singapore fell just one week after Japanese forces landed. As they headed down south, fierce battles were fought in the Adam Park area and the fighting extended to Bukit Brown, then known as Cemetery Hill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the evening of 14th February 1942, the rolling hills of the Bukit Brown Cemetery were suddenly engulfed in a barrage of flame and fire. It appeared like scene from Dante\u2019s \u2018Inferno\u2019. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jon Cooper, the battlefield archaeologist behind The Adam Park Project, wrote this gripping account as he retraced the battle ground route with\u00a0<a title=\"About the blog \" href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?page_id=261\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>all things Bukit Brown<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is your chance to brush up on your history. Jon Cooper will take you through the paces. Don\u2019t miss his energetic retracing of the movements on both sides, as we commemorate the fallen. You will be expected to do some walking in the sun, so wear good walking shoes and bring snacks and water. The tour ends at the Bukit Brown Cemetery, where you will see the graves among which the soldiers sheltered and fought.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jon\u2019s post<\/strong>\u00a0on his interest in Bukit Brown and the missing soldiers is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=2193\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a visual guide to your route, cartographer Mok Ly Ying has done this wonderful<a title=\"Battlefield Tour in map form\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msid=208524362450694978161.0004cc9d065f2a171893d&amp;msa=0&amp;ll=1.336901,103.817351&amp;spn=0.003566,0.005681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0guide map<\/a>\u00a0for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous tour reports here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=9457\" target=\"_blank\">Sep 28 2014 tour<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=7030\" target=\"_blank\">July 28 2013 tour<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=6446\" target=\"_blank\">May 26 2013 tour<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=5217\" target=\"_blank\">Oct 21 2012 tour<\/a><\/p>\n<p>July 22 2012 tour\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=4080\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=4174\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=4080\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=3876\" target=\"_blank\">June 17 2012 Father\u2019s Day Special<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>To help you plan your Sunday morning and enjoy the tour, you can follow this map of a previous one:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msid=208524362450694978161.0004cc9d065f2a171893d&amp;msa=0&amp;ll=1.336901,103.817351&amp;spn=0.003566,0.005681\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msid=208524362450694978161.0004cc9d065f2a171893d&amp;msa=0&amp;ll=1.336901,103.817351&amp;spn=0.003566,0.005681<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jon conducts the Battlefield Tour when time permits. For other war-related stories, you can join tours by<a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?cat=91\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0All Things Bukit Brown<\/a>\u00a0on the heritage tours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to all those who came for the Battlefield tour. This is a video of highlights produced and shot by James Tann. Thank you for your interest. Registration is now CLOSED as all slots have been filled. For those of you who missed the registration, you may still apply to be on a wait list. For the successful participants, please inform us in advance if you are unable to make it so that your place can be released to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sunday 26 Oct&#039;14: Battlefield Tour by Jon Cooper - Bukit Brown: A World Monuments Watch Site in 2014<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/2014\/sunday-26-oct14-battlefield-tour-by-jon-cooper\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sunday 26 Oct&#039;14: Battlefield Tour by Jon Cooper - Bukit Brown: A World Monuments Watch Site in 2014\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thank you to all those who came for the Battlefield tour. 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