Reading the Weekly News in Singapore
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The photograph shows Henry Street resident Bert Winn in his barracks in Singapore, and was taken either in late 1946 or early 1947.
Mr Winn was serving in the amphibious section of the Royal Army Service Corps, helping dump Japanese ammunition into the sea. He had previously served in Madras, India, and was primed to invade Malaya - an operation which was cancelled when the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bringing an end to the Second World War. Mr Winn left the army in 1948, pursuing a career as a tinsmith, which saw him work on Rolls Royce engines.
Mr Winn, 77, said: “I haven’t missed a single copy of the Weekly News since day one. It’s an excellent newspaper. My mother had four sons in the army and she would send all the papers to us each week. It was a good way of keeping entertained.”
