War Years
In the Second World War, with Japanese forces advancing through Asia, David Marshall joined the Singapore Volunteer Corps and was taken prisoner after the Fall of Singapore in 1942. He was sent to work in the coal mines of HokkaidÅ, Japan and survived 26 work-camps before being released after Japan's defeat in 1945.
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