All quoted from http://kementah.blogspot.com/
Deaths 2001-2010 alone (42):
Singapore Army: 26 deaths *includes 2005 Commando rapelling
accident (1 SAF + 1 Bruneian dead), truck reversing'10 (1), Land
Rover reversing'09 (1), SOF drowning at sea (1), Commando drowning
(1), Commando dunking (1)
Army accidents (injuries): Thai farmer (2), OCS lightning strike
(6)
Republic of Singapore Air Force: Eight deaths, including the
loss of an F-16C. *includes Apache crash landing (0), F-16 CFIT
crash (1),
Republic of Singapore Navy: Seven deaths, including an
Anti-submarine Patrol Vessel beyond economic repair * includes LST
accident (1), man overboard accident (1), RSS Courageous collision
(4)
MINDEF: One Defence Executive Officer (DXO) *any info
available?
Deaths in 1990s:
In March 1997, the SAF halted training temporarily
after three full-time National Servicemen died in two fatal
incidents. Two NSFs were killed when their FH-2000 155mm
heavy artillery gun blew up in New Zealand because of a defective
Made in China fuze. One NSF was killed in Singapore after
an unexploded warhead from a misfired Armbrust light anti-tank
weapon picked up by infantrymen blew up. Five others were injured,
including a Lieutenant who lost his arm.
Deaths pre-1990s:
The SAF's deadliest accident took place on Jan 24, 1987, when
six lives were lost in a helicopter crash. Staff Sergeant Goh Kim
Loong, Corporal Ramiya Mohan, Lieutenants Ng Soon Hup, Siow Poh
Guan and Wee Tong Leong and Captain Lakbir Singh died after an air
force UH-1H Huey crashed 14 nautical miles south-east of Brunei
International Airport.
In April 1984, three SAF soldiers died over a span of 10 days.
Recruit Sim Keat Kee, 19, collapsed after a 2km run. Lieutenant Koh
Meah Wan, 23, was killed during an exercise at Sungei Gedong. And
Recruit Bak Yow Hock, 17, died at the School of Naval Training.
Ffirst reported training death in October 1968. In that
incident, Recruit Allen Tan Chong Huat, 19, was stung by hornets in
the Chua Chu Kang forest. He was rushed to Taman Jurong Camp but
there was no doctor on duty there ( military doctors then clocked
an 8am to 5pm shift). What's more, the garrison's ambulance was out
on another call. So Recruit Tan's officers rushed him to the main
road to flag down a passing vehicle. It took an hour to get him to
hospital.
*RSAF accidents (in which pilots ejected): 1986 TA-4 off
Tengah, 1986 Hunter Philippines, 1985 A-4 off Tengah, 1985 A-4 in
Philippines
On non-reporting:
A look at MINDEF/SAF incident reports for the 2001 to 2010
period reveals that the MINDEF website does not mention the deaths
of 2LT Daryl Loh (man overboard) in February 2001, CPL Ricky Liu
Junhong (2.4km run) in November 2007 and the near miss in which a
Commando was shot by a Thai farmer in 2010. (Mindef took 73 days to
report)
It also puzzles me why the loved ones of a full-time National
Serviceman injured in the shotgun incident had to speak up before
Singaporeans learned that the incident involved more than one
soldier.
In addition, Singaporeans had to read a Forum Page letter to
learn about the incident where Recruit Liam Kai Zheng fainted
at the SAF Ferry Terminal in Changi and died in hospital a day
later. The letter was written by REC Liam's father.
Apart from old soldiers with long memories, many Singaporeans
would probably not have heard of most of these incidents because
death was a taboo subject for Mindef. Indeed, one would be
hard-pressed to find open analyses of past training deaths,
especially in the early years of the SAF.
