TIED AND BAYONETED, BUT LIVES
Escapee From Japanese
BOMBAY; September 4. Remarkable courage and endurance were shown by Rifleman Singh, of the 7th Burma Rifles, who has reached a British post after being captured in Burma by the Japanese and seriously wounded by bayonet thrusts. Rifleman Singh saw the Japanese bayonet Indian, troops, whose hands were tied, including an officer, before his turn came. He lost consciousness soon after the third bayonet thrust, which'entered his back so deeply that the Japanese murderer had to press down with his foot in order to withdraw the blade.
Rifleman Singh regained consciousness after three days. He was smeared with blood and swarming with ants. The Japanese were gone and the bodies - of • his comrades lying about.
In spite of terrible pain,, he stumbled crouching through the jungle till villagers found him, and cut the pullthrough with which his hands were tied. He reached a British post after, walking for 14 days through the jungle; General Wavell has paid a tribute to Rifleman Singh's courage and endurance.
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 291, 7 September 1942, Page 6
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173TIED AND BAYONETED, BUT LIVES Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 291, 7 September 1942, Page 6
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