OPERATION "EXODUS" OF JAPANESE FROM MALAYA. 29 OCTOBER 1945, SINGAPORE. IN AN OPERATION KNOWN AS "EXODUS", TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WERE SHIPPED FROM MALAYA, THE ANDAMANS, NICOBARS, AND SUMATRA, TO REMPANG ISLAND, NEAR SINGAPORE. THE OPERATION TOOK SEVERAL MONTHS WITH JAPANESE COASTERS UNDER BRITISH NAVAL GUARD TAKING ABOUT A THOUSAND PRISONERS A DAY TO THE ISLAND. THERE THEY REMAIN, A SELF SUPPORTING COMMUNITY, UNTIL REPATRIATED BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. - Lieut Gordon Vestey, officer in charge of the whole operation, (right), with the Commanding Officer of LCT (L) 121, Bri
OPERATION "EXODUS" OF JAPANESE FROM MALAYA. 29 OCTOBER 1945, SINGAPORE. IN AN OPERATION KNOWN AS "EXODUS", TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WERE SHIPPED FROM MALAYA, THE ANDAMANS, NICOBARS, AND SUMATRA, TO REMPANG ISLAND, NEAR SINGAPORE. THE OPERATION TOOK SEVERAL MONTHS WITH JAPANESE COASTERS UNDER BRITISH NAVAL GUARD TAKING ABOUT A THOUSAND PRISONERS A DAY TO THE ISLAND. THERE THEY REMAIN, A SELF SUPPORTING COMMUNITY, UNTIL REPATRIATED BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. - Lieut Gordon Vestey, officer in charge of the whole operation, (right), with the Commanding Officer of LCT (L) 121, British HQ Ship Rempang
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