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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