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Despite his instruction to Australian troops to stay at their posts, General Bennett and two of his staff officers escaped from Singapore on the night of the surrender and eventually reached Australia. 20,000 Australian soldiers were reported to have been captured.<ref>"The fall of Singapore saw the loss of more than 20,000 highly trained volunteers of the Australian Imperial Force, when most of Australia's 8th Division was taken prisoner of war in Malaya. The Pacific War: The Strategy, Politics, and Players that Won the War, William B. Hopkins, Page 96, Zenith Press, 2009</ref><ref>[http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/module/299/ Return to the Burma Railway]</ref> <ref>[https://hq22brigade.wordpress.com/about-us/ # Return to the Thai-Burma Railway
Despite his instruction to Australian troops to stay at their posts, General Bennett and two of his staff officers escaped from Singapore on the night of the surrender and eventually reached Australia. 20,000 Australian soldiers were reported to have been captured.<ref>"The fall of Singapore saw the loss of more than 20,000 highly trained volunteers of the Australian Imperial Force, when most of Australia's 8th Division was taken prisoner of war in Malaya. The Pacific War: The Strategy, Politics, and Players that Won the War, William B. Hopkins, Page 96, Zenith Press, 2009</ref><ref>[http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/module/299/ Return to the Burma Railway]</ref> <ref>[https://hq22brigade.wordpress.com/about-us/ # Return to the Thai-Burma Railway
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Corporal [[Walter Ernest Brown]] from the [[Australian 2/15th Field Regiment]] was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for his service in World War I and World War II. He went missing soon after the fall of Singapore; he was last sighted walking towards Japanese positions with hand grenades. <ref>[https://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10676378/ Gunner Walter Ernest 'Wally' Brown]</ref>
According to the book ''The Great Crusade: A New Complete History of the Second World War'' (Potomac Books, 2008), tens of thousands of Chinese labourers of the British Army were killed, because the British failed to destroy the files that contained their names and addresses.
According to the book ''The Great Crusade: A New Complete History of the Second World War'' (Potomac Books, 2008), tens of thousands of Chinese labourers of the British Army were killed, because the British failed to destroy the files that contained their names and addresses.