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Lim Bo Seng during WWII

Lim Bo Seng during WWII. Contributed by: Toh Yong Sen,Freda and Janielynne. Born: 27 April 1909 Died: 29 June 1944 (Died while he is a POW) Birthplace: Nan Ann, China Best known as: Patriotic WWII hero of Singapore

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Lim Bo Seng during WWII

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  1. Lim Bo Seng during WWII Contributed by: Toh Yong Sen,Freda and Janielynne

  2. Born: 27 April 1909 Died: 29 June 1944 (Died while he is a POW) Birthplace: Nan Ann, China Best known as: Patriotic WWII hero of Singapore Lim Bo Seng is a national hero in Singapore for his resistance to Japanese forces during WWII. A native Chinese who moved to Singapore as a child, Limited efforts to raise funds to help China fight Japanese invasion in the late 1930s. When the Japanese captured Singapore, Lim Bo Seng escaped to India and joined Force 136. What did Lim Bo Seng do during WWII???

  3. During the Second Sino-Japanese war, Lim Bo Seng participated actively in activities organised by the Nanyang Federation to boycott Japanese goods and raise funds for the Chinese army. On 1 February, Lim Bo Seng left Singapore and travelled to Sumatra with other Chinese community leaders and made his way to India later. He recruited and trained hundreds of secret agents through intensive military intelligence missions from China and India. He set up the Sino-British guerrilla task Force 136 in mid-1942 together with Captain John Davis of the Special Operations Executive(SOE). Life in force 136

  4. Lim Bo Seng was already weakened by being tortured by the Japanese, He went on a hunger-strike to protest against the ill-treatment of his fellow-prisoners. He was then struck by dysentery, but was refused medical treatment. He was bundled up in an old blanket and left without food or water in an empty room meant for dying prisoners, and died three nights later.  How did Lim Bo Seng die???

  5. QUIZ TIME!!!

  6. Q1.When was Lim Bo Seng born? • 27 April 1909 • 26 Feburary 1909 • 28 April 1990 • 28 April 1909

  7. Q2.When did Lim Bo Seng died? 29 June 1944 20 June 1944 30 June 1944 14 June 1944

  8. Q3. How did Lim Bo Seng die? The japanesetotured him. Lim Bo Seng was being locked up in a room with an old blanket and with no food and drinks. 3. The japanese killed him with a stick. 4. He killed himself.

  9. Q4. Where was Lim Bo Seng born? North-east China Nan Ann, China South-West China South-east China

  10. SOURCES http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Bo_Seng

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