The fourth place I am going to bring you to, is a memorial for one of Singapore's many war heroes that lived throughout world war II. It is the memorial of Major General Lim Bo Seng. Lim Bo Seng was one of the contributors to Singapore's history as during World War II, he played a major part in the war by recuiting and training hundreds of secret agents during the war. He later left for Sumatra to set up a Sino-British guerrilla task force, Force 136 in mid 1942. During the year 1943, he sent a group of Force 136 agents to Malaya in hopes of setting up a spy network for Malaya and Singapore. Lim Bo Seng oversaw two operations, Operation Zipper and Operation Gustavus. Operation Gustavus failed without any achievements although Operation Zipper had a certain amount of success as they manged to smuggle a few messages through to their base in Ipoh although it did not have major success.
Lim Bo Seng was later captured on 27 March 1944. He refused to reveal any information about Force 136 despite facing extreme torture. Later in the prison, Lim Bo Seng fell ill with dysentery and later passed away on June 29, 1944.
After the war, his wife was informed of his passing and together with her eldest son, brought home the remains of Lim Bo Seng back to Singapore. A funeral service was then held on 13 January 1946 to mourn his death. He died as a hero and is essential to Singapore's history which I why I am bring you to his memorial.
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