JS Re Singapore. I can't recall about Alex Cooper but over the years I became a bit of the furniture and among my friends were many old timers, some who were "in the bag" as they referred to their sojourn in Changi and other resorts. Their strength of character, was no doubt honed by their many life threatening experiences. I have my website into which I have stacked memories of those halcyon days after WW2, but also of that horrendous Banka Island massacre of nurses. The site It came about when a group of we old retirees from before Queensland Insurance got swallowed up back in 1973, got together thirty years ago - and those of us left are still going strong.
Anyway, I think you may like the pages of Singapore, Karachi, Calcutta and the rest. It's all here Queensland Insurance Company Oldies
Regards, Richard
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