Grave of Benjamin Sheares - 9 Woodlands Rd

Peaceful place

Peaceful. Only occupant of this state cemetery

A quiet and tidy place so peaceful ,the resting one there cannot be disturb do solemnly no humour seriously cannot be challenge .

Located adjacent to the Kranji War Memorial. Open 7 days a week, from 0900-2100. Small parking area adjacent to the cometary. Just down the street from Kranji Station and a SMRT line. No public facilities available.

Benjamin Henry Sheares (12 August, 1907 – 12 May, 1981) was a Singaporean politician who was the second President of Singapore. He was chosen by the Parliament of Singapore in 1971. Sheares retired in 1960 and was in private practice before being elected by parliament as president after President Yusof Ishak died on 23 November 1970. He served as president for three terms from 2 January 1971 until his death on 12 May 1981. The Benjamin Sheares Bridge and Sheares Hall hostel at the National University of Singapore was named after him. During his time as head of O&G at Kandang Kerbau Hospital during the Japanese Occupation, Sheares pioneered the lower Caesarian section which resulted in a lower mortality and morbidity rate in pregnant women than the upper Caesarian section. The method is currently the most common Caesarian section method used today. Another one of Sheares' main contributions to medicine was a technique to create an artificial vagina for those born without one. A modification of it is still used for sex change operations today.