Selarang Camp

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Selarang Camp - On 9 Feb 1942, British POWs Troops arrived in Selarang Barracks Square (Changi) in truck load, following fall of Singapore. Here they were incarcerated here during the war. Stories of the dreadful treatment by the Japanese guards of Allied Prisoners of War (POWs) has been told a thousand times - some true but most are myths.

Selarang Camp is located near Upper Changi Road North; 0.1 kilometre away from Toh Crescent; 0.1 kilometre away from Cosford Road; 0.3 kilometre away from Toh Avenue; 0.3 kilometre away from Toh Terrace; Selarang Camp is geographically located at latitude (1.3675 degrees) 1° 22' 2" North of the Equator and longitude (103.9755 degrees) 103° 58' 31" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of Singapore.

The locations related to Selarang Camp are represented by the the shortest path as the crow would fly between any two points and may not be nearest by road. For example, Selarang Camp is located 0.2 kilometre from Changi Baptist Church. Selarang Camp is located 0.2 kilometre from Lloyd Leas Work Release Camp. Selarang Camp is located 0.3 kilometre from PWD Airport Development Division. Selarang Camp is located 0.4 kilometre from Singapore Prison Transport Unit. Selarang Camp is located 0.4 kilometre from Singapore Police Dog Unit - Changi Base.

Loyang Point 1.2km, Tampines Mart 2.3km, White Sands 2.9km, Block 201 Market 3km, Eastpoint 3.7km, Tampines Mall 3.8km, Elias Mall 3.9km, Century Square 3.9km, are places to shop (shopping mall, shop houses) located near Selarang Camp.

Johor Battery WW2 Gun 0.5km, Changi Chapel And Museum 0.6km, Downtown East 2.5km, Changi Village 2.6km, Changi Beach Park 3.2km, Chek Jawa, Pulau Ubin 4.9km, Pulau Ubin 4.9km, NEWater Visitor Centre 5.2km, are places of interest (attraction) located near Selarang Camp.

Loyang Food Centre 0.8km, Changi Village Food Centre 2.8km, Fishermen's Village 3.5km, Changi South Amenity Centre 3.7km, Tampines Round Market and Food Centre 4.2km, Bedok Food Centre 5.7km, Bedok North Street 1 Food Centre 6.5km, Huakong - Herbal Chicken 6.7km, are eating places (food court, cafe, hawker food) located near Selarang Camp.

Greenview Secondary School 1.4km, Pasir Ris Primary School 1.5km, White Sands Primary School 1.6km, Pasir Ris Crescent Secondary School 1.9km, Japanese School 1.9km, Loyang Secondary School 2km, Casuarina Primary School 2.1km, Loyang Primary School 2.2km, are places of learning (school, college, university) located near Selarang Camp.

Pasir Ris Street 21 Openspace 1.5km, Mera Terrace Playground 2.5km, Jalan Pelatok Playground 2.9km, Meragi Road Playground 3.1km, Pasir Ris Park 3.1km, Changi Business Park 3.5km, Sunbird Playground 3.7km, Tampines Neighbourhood Park 3.8km, are parks, playgrounds, open fields or commons located near Selarang Camp.