Long time Singaporean collector of World War One and Two militaria from both Axis and Allied nations.

Living historian with 'Syonan Reflections'.

Husband, educator, friend and ex-soldier too.

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

List of past events...


Syonan Reflection’s previous events:

Static displays in collaboration with National Heritage Board at Reflections of Bukit Chandu:

Young Creations! Art Competition - 15 Feb 2004 (Total Defence Day)

Reflections at Bukit Chandu W!LD Heritage Hunt - 24 July 2004

Media publicity event for Asian Children’s Festival held at the library@esplanade - 4 Nov 2004

Asian Children's Festival at the Expo - 18 to 21 Nov 2004

Pasir Panjang Heritage Trail - 16, 17 & 24 July 2005

Heritage Race – 10 Feb 2007

International Museum Day’07 at Memories at Old Ford Factory – 26 May 07

Collaboration with Asiapac Books Pte Ltd:

Total Defence Public education conducted at:

· Geylang Methodist Primary School – 15 Feb 2005

· Kong Hwa School – 16 Feb 2005

· CHIJ-Our Lady of Good Counsel – 15 Feb 2006

Static display at the World Book Fair – 5 June 2006

Total Defence Day Talks:

Paya Lebar MGS Secondary – 11 Feb 2008

Unity Primary School – 11 Feb 2008

Kong Hwa School – 12 Feb 2008

Manjusri Secondary School – 13 Feb 2008

ITE College East (Tampines) – 13 Feb 2008

Clementi Primary School – 14 Feb 2008

Yishun Secondary School – 15 Feb 2008

Bendemeer Primary School – 12 Feb 2009

Post-Exam activities for Secondary History class:

Singapore Sports School – 16 Nov 2007 and 07 Nov 2008

Stargek Pte Ltd

Static display at the Tamiya plastic modelling competition held at Marina Square – 8 and 9 August 2006

Epiphany PR and Marketing Pte Ltd

Involved performing a skit as part of Expedition ‘H’ – Journey to the North-West, Singapore HeritageFest 2007. – 22 and 29 July 2007

NEXUS – MINDEF

Invited to exhibit for Network Conference 2007. Suntec Convention Centre. 14 August
2007.

Published article:

We were featured in the Feb / March 2005 issue (Issue 35) of Skirmish Magazine, a United Kingdom publication for military collectors and reenactors around the world.
The group's combined German and Japanese impressions were featured on this rare occasion.



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Syonan Reflections Mission and Purpose...

Teachers, NE and Social Studies Coordinators, your search ends here!
WE ARE THE ONLY GROUP IN SINGAPORE TO DO EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON AND OWNS ORIGINAL AND REPRODUCTION WW2 JAPANESE ARMY UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT
" PRESERVING SINGAPORE'S MILITARY HISTORY "

Our Mission:
  • Educate the general public on the Imperial Japanese Army and the British Army
  • Educate the younger generation about Singapore's sufferings during the war
  • Portray the average Japanese and British Infantry soldier accurately in terms of his displaying his personal items, field equipment, field rations, equipment method of wear and traditions

Specialised National Education (NE) related strengths/talents/interest areas:

  • Historical / technical advice / participation for skits, plays, short films.
  • Show and Tell display for schools / national education purposes.
  • Ownership of rare uniforms and equipment for visitors’ hands on experience.
  • Prides on obtaining both original and highest quality reproductions to build up all WW2 impressions.
  • Complete restoration and repair of selected WW2 field gear.
  • Extensive research on Asians (Chinese, Japanese etc) serving in both the Japanese and German armies during WW1 and WW2.
  • Details on British and Japanese organization of battle and Singapore campaign timeline.
  • Assisting clients to obtain affordable, authentic reproduction and original militaria (Example: School’s National Education corner etc.
  • Collaboration with reputable overseas militaria vendors and private research resources.
  • Assisting military scale modellers to construct and paint authentic figures based on our collection.

NE-related experience:

  • Providing a brand new avenue to engage the public, to discover and gain insights on many interesting and historical facts, otherwise seldom known about Japanese and British soldiers serving in Singapore.
  • Our display to serve as excellent education material, as such items are rare and may only be seen in historical photographs and films.
  • Our talks emphasizes on Singapore’s war heroes and heroine, and lastly reinforcing the concept of each and every student’s role in Total Defence.
  • We aspire to avoid the public conceptualizing stereotyped images of Japanese soldiers Hence, it is of utmost importance to depict the average Japanese Infantry soldier accurately in terms of displaying his personal items, field equipment, field rations, and equipment.

@@@ Important Disclaimer!!! @@@
Alvin's Bunker, Syonan Reflections and the site owner has no
affiliation any Racist, paramilitary, supremacist etc organisations.
If you possess any such thoughts,
Sorry, this is NOT the place for you. Go look elsewhere!
We study the Imperial Japanese Army purely for living history and historical purposes only.