Location: Blakang Mati
| Name: | Blakang Mati |
| Country: | Singapore |
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| Notes Blakang Mati school is first mentioned in the "Coronation List". This is a schedule of schools that existed in 1952. The map pin points to a former British barracks. Military post was conducted through the civil postal authorities.......c/o GPO Singapore. | |
Blakang Mati school photographed in 1954......image courtesy of Lynne Copping.
One of the fine old buildings in the barracks.
The Singapore government took over Blakang Mati Artillery Barrack after achieving independence in 1965.
The barracks only existed for a short period on the island. In 1972, the government decided to develop the island into a tourist spot, leading to the abandonment of the barracks.