Serving as a private soldier, fighting on the streets in the brief and bloody 17 day battle for Singapore (which ended in the ignominious surrender of the Island - the 'fortress that never was[REF]'), he was wounded in action and taken Prisoner Of War on the 15th of February 1942.
He was awarded The 1939-1945 Star, The Pacific Star (for the 17 day bloody battle of Singapore) and the 1939-1945 War Medal.