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Soldier who found love in Malaysia 29 Jun 2021 / 08:43 H.
LITTLE did Christopher James Syer know that when he arrived in Malaya six decades ago, he would end up making this country his home.
Syer was conscripted into the army at age 20, and was posted to Malaya as a second lieutenant with the British Royal Army Service Corp.
“I arrived in a country I knew only from reading books,” he recounted in a recent interview with
theSun at the office of the Malaysia British Society, of which he is president.
The native of Swanage in England had never even been inside a plane at the time, much less travelled almost half a world away to serve in another country.
By Reuters Staff
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Some social media posts from British users have incorrectly claimed that Captain Tom Moore received the COVID-19 vaccine to his death, with some falsely suggesting the vaccine may have proved fatal.
Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS
The British World War Two veteran, who raised tens of millions of pounds for the National Health Service by walking up and down his garden, died on Feb. 2, 2021 after suffering from pneumonia and testing positive for COVID-19 (here).
Since then, posts speculating over the cause of his death have spread across social media (here) (here).
Moore had been ill for several weeks with pneumonia and had also tested positive for COVID-19, his family said (here).
Social media users have shared false claims about the British World War Two veteran Captain Tom Moore, who died on Feb. 2, 2021, after contracting COVID-19.
British World War Two veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore has died at the age of 100 after contracting the coronavirus. He captured worldwide attention last year, raising money for COVID relief by walking 100 laps aruond his garden.