Halfold Boudewyn Introduction

Halford Lovell Boudewyn (b.1921- d. 26 April 1998, Singapore) was a long -serving police officer who risked his life during the Japanese occupation by storing classified documents stolen from the Indian national army, and secretly using an illegal radio for gathering and sharing news about the war which the Japanese censored.


     Boudewyn was educated at St Joseph's Institution and his aspiration was to become a police officer.In 1939. he joined the straits settlement police force as a constable and two years later he was posted alor gajah, Malacca  as an inspector.This assignment ended when the Japanese invaded  Malaya and Singapore in early 1942

                   
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Halfold Boudewyn role in world war 2

"I knew that I could be killed. But I tried not to think about what could happen and just concentrated on what I was doing.
"My job was to smuggle these documents out of the camp and keep them safely until after the war when they were to be used for subsequent war trials."
Although he kept the documents, their vital information were believed to have been sent to the Pacific Allied command through a separate spy channel.
The Imphal campaign was critical to the Japanese who wanted to extend their power westward beyond the Burmese border to India - the jewel in the crown of the British empire.http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/war/headline/spy.html

Halfold Boudewyn Contributions

This assignment ended when the Japanese invaded Malaya and Singapore in early 1942. his contributions fail and after that he have many nightmares and he couldn"t sleep well.   He smuggle stolen documents of Japanese plans to take control of India. The documents wre important to the british because they provided information about Japanese troops and their weapons and their plans to attack india.

 In 1948, he was awarded the Colonial Police Medal by the Governor of Singapore for his contributions.

evidence                          url:http://5-obedience-dale-mitchell-taufiq.blogspot.sg/ and also http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/war/headline/spy.htm and http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1710_2010-10-12.html

Halfold Boudewyn Anecdotes

                                 his oral evidence: "I knew that I could be killed. But I tried not to think about what could happen and just concentrated on what I was doing."My job was to smuggle these documents out of the camp and keep them safely until after the war when they were to be used for subsequent war trials." thanks to him the invasion the Japanese planned failed. The four-month invasion began in March 1944 and resulted in the defeat of the Japanese army which was forced to withdraw beyond the Burmese border.

About 12,600 British and Indian Army soldiers were killed or wounded in the battle, Due to the information he got.

Boudewyn found work with a Eurasian food contractor.. One day while make a delivery, he met a prisoner of war frm the British Indian Army and found out about them being ill-treated by the Subhas Chandra Bose's Japanese backed Indian National Army (INA) , when they refused to join the INA. He strongly wanted to avenge those who have bravely refuse, staying loyal and suffered for it.. His new friend told him that documentary proof could be obtained so both of them decided to gather this evidences.Each day Boudewyn gave a deep bow to the Japanese sentry as he left the camp and his bicycle carrier, where he kept the papers, was never searched. He continued doing this until 1944 until he had all the relevant documents. He then stored it in and oil drum buried under his friend's tennis court

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Halfold Boudewyn background

Halfold's Boudewyn Family members: Wife- Janet
                                                                
                                                                Sons-Howard, Luke and Jodie

                                                               Parents-Halford(father) , Theresa(mother)
       
                                                               Brothers and sisters-Peter(brother), Carol(sister),
                                                                                                  Desiree(sister)                                                                                                               

Halfold's Boudewyn Birth date and Birthplace: 24 April 1927,Singapore

Halfold's Boudewyn Death Date: 1 January 1995 in stoke of trent

Halfold's Boudewyn Education: Educated at St Joseph's Institution

Halfold's Boudewyn occupation: Police Inspector 

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