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After the surrender of Japan, Allied prisoners of war (POWs) including the remnants of the 1/21st ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
After the surrender of Japan, Allied prisoners of war (POWs) including the remnants of the 1/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, were l...030372/03
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A grave site (mass grave No 3) to the north-east of the Tawiri Valley, where bodies of 61 ...
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Maker: Stewart, Ronald Leslie
A grave site (mass grave No 3) to the north-east of the Tawiri Valley, where bodies of 61 Australians (including men of 2/21st Battalion, Gull Force and RAAF personnel) and Dutch servicemen were found...124422
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AMBON, 1945-09-10. EMACIATED SURVIVORS OF 2/21ST BATTALION AIF WHO HAD BEEN PRISONERS OF WAR OF ...
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AMBON, 1945-09-10. EMACIATED SURVIVORS OF 2/21ST BATTALION AIF WHO HAD BEEN PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, ON THE DAY THEY WERE EVACUATED BY HMAS JUNEE FOR MOROTAI.P00541.002
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Ambon, Netherland East Indies. 1960-05. The grave of VX35406 Private W.T. Doolan, 2/21st ...
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Ambon, Netherland East Indies. 1960-05. The grave of VX35406 Private W.T. Doolan, 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion, in the Commonwealth War Cemetery. Private Doolan was killed by the Japanese, on ...042594
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AMBON. WHITE WOODEN CROSS, GRAVE L. C. 13 IN GALALA CEMETERY, INSCRIBED "C. OF E. VX25068 PTE ...
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AMBON. WHITE WOODEN CROSS, GRAVE L. C. 13 IN GALALA CEMETERY, INSCRIBED "C. OF E. VX25068 PTE A.W. BRANSON, 2/21 AUST INF BN, AIF, 7.8.45". BRANSON DIED WHILE A PRISONER OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE. (PHOTO...P01269.002
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An informal portrait of VX31221 Private George Trezise a member of the B Company mortar ...
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Maker: Gilbert, Maric Jeggo
An informal portrait of VX31221 Private George Trezise a member of the B Company mortar detachment, 2/21st Battalion (Gull Force). This photograph was taken at the mortar position above the village of...P07476.002
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Armstrong, James Frederick (Private, 2/21st Bn, AIF b.1919 - d.1944)
Private Record
Maker: Armstrong, James Frederick
Original diary kept by Armstrong while serving with the 2/21 Battalion and later as a POW of the Japanese. The diary covers the period 13 Dec. 1941 - 1 Sept. 1943. There is also a typed copy and a pho...PR89/165
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Arrowsmith, W C (Private d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Arrowsmith, W C
Letters to his family commenting on training and life in the Darwin area, and active service on Ambon, describing Japanese air raids and high morale in the battalion. Arrowsmith was killed in action i...PR00463
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Ashton, George (Private, b.1910 - d.1994)
Private Record
Maker: Ashton, George Rootsey, Marilla
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX54217 Private George Ashton, 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Netherlands East Indies and Australia, 1941-...PR05728
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Australia Service Medal : Lieutenant M H MacDowell, 2/21 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/02986.005
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Although the Japanese had directed that all sick and ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Although the Japanese had directed that all sick and debilitated were to be taken to Hainan from Ambon as hospital facilities would be available there, thi...030358/01
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Although the Japanese had directed that all sick and ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Although the Japanese had directed that all sick and debilitated were to be taken to Hainan from Ambon as hospital facilities would be available there, thi...030357/07
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Australian and Dutch kitchen at the prisoner of war ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Australian and Dutch kitchen at the prisoner of war (POW) Camp. Lieutenant Colin McCutcheon, a member of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group (fo...030356/02
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Australian prisoners of war (POWs) outside their hut ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Australian prisoners of war (POWs) outside their hut at the Bakli POW Camp. They are all member of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group captured ...030359/04
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Captain Leonard Woods (right), of the US Office of ...
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Captain Leonard Woods (right), of the US Office of Strategic Services, with a Japanese private, on board the engine of the train which transported released...030352/02
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Dutch prisoners of war (POWs) assisting one of their ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Dutch prisoners of war (POWs) assisting one of their sick comrades at the POW Camp. Leaning against the door jamb is NX42145 Corporal L. O. Pyers (right), ...030364/04
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Evacuation of ex-prisoners of war (POWs), including ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Evacuation of ex-prisoners of war (POWs), including members of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group, to Sama Bay. The USA flag, which was made fr...030351/06
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Japanese repairing a bath in the prisoner of war ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Japanese repairing a bath in the prisoner of war (POW) wash room in the POW Camp where Allied prisoners are imprisoned, including some members of the 2/21s...030356/07
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO (centre), ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO (centre), Officer Commanding 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion and Senior Officer at the Bakli prisoner of war (PO...030360/03
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO (centre), ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO (centre), Officer Commanding 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion and Commander of Gull Force on Ambon, with two of h...030360/02
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO (left), ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO (left), Officer Commanding 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion and his Adjutant, Lieutenant Ron Green, in the former...030359/07
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer Commanding, 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion, standing beside the grave of VX27333 Private K. O'Bryan wh...030368/01
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer Commanding, 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion, standing beside the grave of NX20111 Sergeant B. P. Byrne,...030368/03
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer Commanding, 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion, standing beside the graves of VX36466 Private R. H. Willia...030368/02
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer Commanding, 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion, standing beside the grave of VX26377 Private J. Dorrington...030368/04
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer Commanding, 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion and Gull Force on Ambon, with his officers at the Bakli pri...030360/05
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer Commanding, 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion and Gull Force on Ambon, with his officers at the Bakli pri...030360/04
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer Commanding 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion and commanded Gull Force on Ambon, outside the Australian Ba...030360/01
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer Commanding, 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion, standing beside the grave of VX30872 Private R. R. Hubbard...030367/05
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer Commanding 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion and Senior Officer at the Bakli prisoner of war (POW) Camp, ...030359/06
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. R. Scott DSO, Officer Commanding, 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion, standing beside the grave of VX26511 A/Sergeant K. R. Gild...030367/06
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Walker of the US Office of Strategic ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Walker of the US Office of Strategic Services, on board the engine of the train which transported released prisoners of war (POWs), including me...030352/01
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Members of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Members of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group, who were liberated by a detachment of US Office of Strategic Services, after the surrender of Ja...030351/04
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. One of the Australian prisoners of war (POWs) at the ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. One of the Australian prisoners of war (POWs) at the Bakli POW Camp liberated by the US Office of Strategic Services, VX40359 Private G. H. Kissick, a memb...030359/02
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. QX16243 Private H. O. Robinson, a member of the ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. QX16243 Private H. O. Robinson, a member of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group, who was captured on Ambon, in the Bakli prisoner of war (POW) C...030358/05
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Rice-grinding machine, used by the Chinese at Hainan ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Rice-grinding machine, used by the Chinese at Hainan Island and brought into the prisoner of war (POW) Camp, for use by the Allied prisoners there, who inc...030356/01
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. VX38728 Corporal L. D. Benvie, a member of the ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. VX38728 Corporal L. D. Benvie, a member of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group, a survivor of the action at Laha, Ambon, and VX22392 Signalman C...030359/01
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. VX50344 Corporal N. A. Davidson, a member of the ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. VX50344 Corporal N. A. Davidson, a member of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group, another sufferer at the Bakli prisoner of war (POW) Camp as a ...030359/03
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. VX40002 Private C. G. O'Donnell, a member of the ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. VX40002 Private C. G. O'Donnell, a member of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group, standing alongside a fly-covered bag protecting the rice ratio...030356/04
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. VX66260 Private N. W. Benbow, a member of the 2/21st ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. VX66260 Private N. W. Benbow, a member of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group, in the Australian portion of the kitchen at the prisoner of war (...030356/03
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. VX24673 Private S. A. Merlo, a member of the 2/21st ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. VX24673 Private S. A. Merlo, a member of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group, who was captured on Ambon, in the Bakli prisoner of war (POW) Camp...030358/06
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. WX10861 Private J. Devenish, a member of the 2/21st ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. WX10861 Private J. Devenish, a member of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group, cooking sweet potatoes in a pot in the Australian section of the k...030356/05
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BATUMERAH, AMBON 1945-12-14. AN AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMAN SUPERVISES JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR ...
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BATUMERAH, AMBON 1945-12-14. AN AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMAN SUPERVISES JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR CLEARING SCRUB FROM AN AREA IN WHICH THE BODIES WERE FOUND OF FOURTEEN AUSTRALIAN MEN OF THE 2/21ST BATTALION...124406
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BATUMERAH, AMBON 1945-12-14. PART OF THE CLEARED AREA WHERE THE BODIES WERE FOUND OF FOURTEEN MEN ...
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BATUMERAH, AMBON 1945-12-14. PART OF THE CLEARED AREA WHERE THE BODIES WERE FOUND OF FOURTEEN MEN OF THE 2/21ST BATTALION, GULL FORCE, EXECUTED BY THE JAPANESE. IN THE DISTANCE TWO JAPANESE PRISONERS ...124404
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BATUMERAH, AMBON 1945-12-14. THIS TRACK PASSES AN AREA WHERE THE BODIES WERE FOUND OF FOURTEEN ...
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BATUMERAH, AMBON 1945-12-14. THIS TRACK PASSES AN AREA WHERE THE BODIES WERE FOUND OF FOURTEEN MEN OF THE 2/21ST BATTALION, GULL FORCE, EXECUTED BY THE JAPANESE. THE GRAVES WERE FOUND IN A CLEARED ARE...124405
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Beamsley, Harold William (Private, b.1912 – d.1997)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Beamsley, Harold William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX28646 Private Harold William Beamsley, 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and Hainan Island, c 194...PR05146
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Bennett, Ron (Private, 2/21 Battalion, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Bennett, Ron
COPIES OF TWO LETTERS WRITTEN TO SGT BERNIE GAYNOR FROM DARWIN AND POSSIBLY AMBON IN 1941-1942PR83/164
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Biddiscombe, Frank Albert (2/21st Bn and POW Ambon and Hainan, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Biddiscombe, Frank Albert
1. Nominal Roll of Australian POWs at Hainan, 1942, and indications of the number who died. Notes on incarceration. 2. Diary covering period February 1941 - May 1945.3DRL/1763
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Branson, A W (Private, d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Branson, A W
Letters written Christmas 1941 and January 1942 describe life on Ambon while awaiting expected Japanese attack. Other papers relate to death of Private Branson while a POW in August 1945.PR90/146
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Lieutenant M H MacDowell, 2/21 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed edge with recipient's details.REL/02986.004
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Captain Barney Porter and his unidentified driver with the newly acquired British Commonwealth ...
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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver
Captain Barney Porter and his unidentified driver with the newly acquired British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) Public Relations Section (PR) jeep in Korea. Captain Porter had previously served as ...HOBJ4587
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Carr, Austin (Corporal, b.1920 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Carr, Austin
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX30281 Corporal Austin Carr, 2/21 Battalion. Collection consists of a diary and letters written on opened cigarette packets, kept while a priso...PR00304
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Cigarette tin : Private M J Gilbert, 2/21 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: G Damman & Co Pty Ltd
Blue painted and gilt 'Damman's' cigarette tin with a hinged lid. Inside the lid is printed in black: No.1 LARGE SIZE No.2 MEDIUM SIZE No.3 SMALL SIZE in small print; DAMMAN’S VIRGINIA CIGARETTES...REL31316
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Clark, Thomas W (Corporal, b.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Clark, Thomas W
Collection related to Corporal Thomas Clark, 2/21st Battalion. Photocopy of diary extracts from 31 January to 2 April 1942, detailing the defence of Ambon, retreat across the island and eventual esca...PR89/091
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Collection related to John Baptist Valli
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal group portrait of Aboriginal children from "The Bungalow", a government institution in Alice Springs.P12402.004
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Collection related to John Baptist Valli
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of VX37300 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) John Baptist Valli, 2/21 Battalion Band. Cpl Valli was captured with Gull Force on Ambon Island and taken Prisoner of War by the Japanese. He was exe...P12402.001
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Collection related to John Baptist Valli
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Maker: McPherson, Duncan
Group studio portrait of members of 2/21 Battalion Band. Identified, left to right, Back Row: VX37300 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) John Baptist Valli (POW Laha camp Ambon, executed 20 Feb 1942); VX34252 P...P12402.002
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Collection related to John Baptist Valli
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Maker: Unknown
Informal group portrait of members of 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion with Aboriginal children from "The Bungalow", a government institution in Alice Springs.P12402.003
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Commemorative brass plaque for members of the Australian and Allied Forces who died at Ambon as prisoners of war
Heraldry
Maker: Butler, Michael
Brass plaque with acid etched border and lettering. The lettering reads, 'ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF MEMBERS OF AUSTRALIAN AND ALLIED FORCES WHO DIED AT AMBON JAN-FEB 1942/ 1 JAN 1946'.REL/07596
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Cookesly, Geoff (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Cookesly, Geoff
Diary and transcript describing invasion of Japanese at Ambon, initial decision to surrender,then escape from island by boat. Travelled through Ceram Islands, then through Arafura Sea to Merauke and f...PR00567
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Cornell, Leslie G (Private, 2/21 Battalion d.1944); Cooke, Leslie Walter (Private, 2/21 Battalion d.1946)
Private Record
Maker: Cornell, Leslie G
Diary kept by Les Cornell describing training in Australia, active service on Ambon, and imprisonment by the Japanese on Hainan Island. Cornell was killed by Chinese bandits in 1944, after which the d...PR90/159
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Defence Medal : Lieutenant M H MacDowell, 2/21 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal 1939-1945. Impressed edge with recipient's details.REL/02986.003
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Doolan, William Thomas (Driver, 2/21st Bn Gull Force d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Doolan, William Thomas
Two newscuttings relating the story of Doolan's brave stand against the Japanese on Ambon. Malay poem and translation about Doolan's bravery, plus a related letter.3DRL/4193
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Elsum, Percy Henry Frederick (Sergeant, b.1902 - d.1978)
Private Record
Maker: Elsum, Percy Henry Frederick Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX20324 Sergeant Percy Henry Frederick Elsum, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1962. Wallet 1 of 1 ...PR04002
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En route to Hong Kong from Sama. August 1945. An officer of the Royal Navy on the bridge of HMS ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
En route to Hong Kong from Sama. August 1945. An officer of the Royal Navy on the bridge of HMS Queenborough, one of the destroyers evacuating liberated Allied prisoners of war (POWs), including membe...030355/02
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En route to Hong Kong from Sama. August 1945. Major John Singlaub, Officer Commanding the ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
En route to Hong Kong from Sama. August 1945. Major John Singlaub, Officer Commanding the Detachment of US Office of Strategic Services who dropped on Hainan Island and liberated Allied prisoners of w...030355/01
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En route to Hong Kong from Sama. August 1945. View of Hong Kong Harbour from the bridge of HMS ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
En route to Hong Kong from Sama. August 1945. View of Hong Kong Harbour from the bridge of HMS Queenborough, during the voyage evacuating liberated Allied prisoners of war (POWs), including members of...030355/03
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Ferguson, Arthur Harry (Corporal, 42nd Bty AFA, AIF, 2/21st Bn, AIF b.1897 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Ferguson, Arthur Harry
REFERENCES ATTESTING TO GNR FERGUSON'S CHARACTER AS A MEMBER OF THE CADET NORFOLK ARTILLERY, SERVICE PAPERS 1914-1918 AND DEPT OF ARMY PAPERS RELATED TO HIS DEATH ON AMBON ISLANDPR84/310
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Five members of the B Company mortar detachment, 2/21st Battalion (Gull Force), and three ...
Photograph
Maker: Trezise, George
Five members of the B Company mortar detachment, 2/21st Battalion (Gull Force), and three Ambonese youths, shortly before the soldiers were captured after the Japanese attack on Ambon. This photograph...P07476.003
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Foley, Denis G P (Lance Sergeant, Bem, 2/21st Bn and POW, Hainan)
Private Record
Maker: Foley, Denis G P
CITATION FOR AWARD OF BEM. LETTER REGARDING THE CHARTS MAINTAINED BY FOLEY ON HAINAN, RELATING TO RATIONS, FOOD INTAKE AND WEIGHTS OF PRISONERS. COPY OF GAZETTE ENTRY FOR BEM3DRL/7119
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Gilbert, Maric Jeggo
Private Record
Maker: Gilbert, Maric Jeggo (Eddie)
Diary and illustrated memoir written by Private Maric Eddie Gilbert. Gilbert wrote the diary over several months in 1945 describing conditions as Japanese prisoner of war on Ambon. The memoir, "Ambo...PR03121
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Grady, Albert (Driver, 2/21st Bn AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Grady, Albert James Rootsey, Marilla
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX36354 Driver Albert Grady, 2/21 Battalion. Collection consists of a photocopy of a diary maintained from enlistment in June 1940, attachment t...PR88/092
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Grave Cross : Driver W T Doolan, 2/21 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden grave cross with a transverse arm attached by two nails to a single upright. The top and the ends of the arms have been cut into a diamond shape. The centre of the arm has incised lettering rea...RELAWM30745
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Grave of VX16156 Corporal Arthur Harry Ferguson, 2/21 Battalion who died on 4 June 1945 at Ambon, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Grave of VX16156 Corporal Arthur Harry Ferguson, 2/21 Battalion who died on 4 June 1945 at Ambon, whilst he was a prisoner of war of the Japanese.P00625.002
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Grave site of Private (Pte) James William Adams, 2/21 Battalion with three unidentified ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Grave site of Private (Pte) James William Adams, 2/21 Battalion with three unidentified servicemen. Pte Adams enlisted on 18 February 1941 at Royal Park, Victoria and was taken prisoner of war (POW) ...P11673.001
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GRAVES OF AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR WHO DIED AT TANTOEI PRISONER OF WAR (POW) CAMP. AT FIRST ...
Photograph
Maker: Musson, F R
GRAVES OF AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR WHO DIED AT TANTOEI PRISONER OF WAR (POW) CAMP. AT FIRST CROSSES WHERE MADE TO MARK EACH NEW GRAVE BUT TOWARDS THE END THOSE THAT REMAINED WERE TOO WEAK AND EXHAU...124988
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Group portrait of members of 2/21 Battalion Band. Identified left to right: Back Row: VX37300 ...
Photograph
Group portrait of members of 2/21 Battalion Band. Identified left to right: Back Row: VX37300 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) John Baptist Valli, POW Laha camp Ambon, executed 20 Feb 1942; VX34252 Private (Pt...P08654.001
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Group portrait of veterans of 2/21 Battalion (Gull Force) on Anzac Day, probably in the late ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of veterans of 2/21 Battalion (Gull Force) on Anzac Day, probably in the late 1940s or early 1950s..P09041.001
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Gull Force (2/21st Battalion) Association
Manuscript
Report of the Gull Force (2/21st Battalion) Association delegation to the Peoples' Republic of China (including Hainan) and to Japan March 1985. Includes photographs, maps and newspaper reports. Inclu...MSS1067
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Gull Force (2/21st Battalion) Association
Manuscript
A report entitled 'Gull Force (2/21 Bn.) Association Pilgrimage to Ambon, October 1967' which details a pilgrimage by the Association to the scene of the POW camps and the war graves of their comrades...MSS1527
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Gull Force (2/21st Bn) Association
Private Record
REPORT PREPARED BY R C GABRIEL COVERING THE PILGRIMAGE TO AMBON IN 1985 BY MEMBERS OF THE 2/21 BN ASSOCIATION AND 13 SQN RAAF ASSOCIATIONPR87/053
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Harris, Roy (Private, 2/21st Bn, AIF and POW - Ambon, Hainan)
Private Record
Maker: Harris, Roy
ACCOUNT OF THE WARTIME EXPERIENCES OF PTE HARRIS INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHTING IN AMBON AND OF HIS POW EXPERIENCES IN AMBON AND HAINAN. ALSO PHOTOCOPY OF "BATTLE OF AMBON", A JAPANESE ACCOUNT O...PR84/196
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Hicks, Walter Dunstan MID (Private, b: 1921)
Manuscript
Maker: Hicks, Walter Dunstan
Collection relating to VX39735 Private Walter Dunstan Hicks, of Gull Force, 2/21 Bn. Recollection of an air raid by 22 Sqn RAAF on Ambon Island, 4 October 1944. The writer was a prisoner (POW) of the ...MSS1547
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Hong Kong, China. August 1945. HMS Queenborough carrying Allied prisoners of war (POWs), ...
Photograph
Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Hong Kong, China. August 1945. HMS Queenborough carrying Allied prisoners of war (POWs), including members of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group, liberated from Bakli Bay POW Camp, leaving...030355/06
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Hong Kong, China. August 1945. The harbour from the bridge of HMS Queenborough, one of the ...
Photograph
Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Hong Kong, China. August 1945. The harbour from the bridge of HMS Queenborough, one of the destroyers evacuating liberated Allied prisoners of war (POWs), including members of the 2/21st Australian In...030355/05
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Hong Kong, China. August 1945. View of the Harbour and the aircraft carrier HMS Vindex which ...
Photograph
Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Hong Kong, China. August 1945. View of the Harbour and the aircraft carrier HMS Vindex which carried members of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group, recently liberated from a Japanese POW (...030355/07
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Hutchins, Fred (Private, b.1921 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Hutchins, Fred
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX61203 Private Fred Hutchins, 2/21 Battalion. Collection consists of a letter dated 2 January 1942, written by Fred to his brother Malcolm (who...PR05398
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Identity discs : Sergeant P H F Elsum, 2/21 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of aluminium identity discs attached to a copper chain with a gilded metal pig charm suspended from one of the discs. The discs are stamped with two 4 mm mounting holes in each. One of the discs ...REL31222
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Informal outdoor portrait of VX25850 Corporal (Cpl) Stuart Mill Swanton, 2/21 Battalion, of ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of VX25850 Corporal (Cpl) Stuart Mill Swanton, 2/21 Battalion, of Elsternwick, VIC. He enlisted from Caulfield on 17 June 1940. Cpl Swanton died of illness in Ambon on 14 Aug...P08710.001
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Informal portrait of VX19346 Sergeant Samuel Alexander ' Bob' Lazarus, 2/21 Battalion
Photograph
Maker: Directorate of War Graves Services
Grave marker of VX19346 Sergeant Samuel Alexander ' Bob' Lazarus, 2/21 Battalion, in Galala Cemetery, Ambon. A barrister and solicitor from Elsternwick, Victoria, Lazarus enlisted on 30 May 1940. Fol...AWM2017.604.2.2
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Informal portrait of VX19346 Sergeant Samuel Alexander ' Bob' Lazarus, 2/21 Battalion
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of VX19346 Sergeant Samuel Alexander ' Bob' Lazarus, 2/21 Battalion. A barrister and solicitor from Elsternwick, Victoria, Lazarus enlisted on 30 May 1940. Following a period in the...AWM2017.604.2.1
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Joy, George S (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Joy, George S
NOTEBOOK CONTAINING TRANSLATIONS OF JAPANESE NOTICES, DEATH ROLL, ACCOUNT OF JAPANESE LANDING ON AMBON AND AMBUSH OF AUSTRALIANS BY CHINESE ON HAINAN. COPY OF STATEMENT OF SERVICE3DRL/7001
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Knight, Jack Blyth (Private, b.1917 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Knight, Jack Blyth
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX28252 Private Jack Blyth Knight, 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion, Australia, 1941. Collection consists of one notebook used as a diary, ...AWM2016.489.1
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KUDAMATI, AMBON 1946-01-02. THE GRAVE OF VX35406 DRIVER W. T. DOOLAN, 2/21ST BATTALION WHO WAS ...
Photograph
KUDAMATI, AMBON 1946-01-02. THE GRAVE OF VX35406 DRIVER W. T. DOOLAN, 2/21ST BATTALION WHO WAS KILLED WHILE STRONGLY DEFENDING A MACHINE GUN POST AT KUDMATI ON 1942-02-01. THE AMBONESE HAVE WRITTEN A ...124975
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KUDAMATI, AMBON 1946-01-02. THE SITE WHERE VX35406 DRIVER W. T. DOOLAN, 2/21ST BATTALION WAS ...
Photograph
KUDAMATI, AMBON 1946-01-02. THE SITE WHERE VX35406 DRIVER W. T. DOOLAN, 2/21ST BATTALION WAS KILLED WHILE STRONGLY DEFENDING A MACHINE GUN POST AT KUDMATI ON 1942-02-01. HIS MACHINE GUN WAS SET UP BEH...124976
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. A GRAVE SITE (MASS GRAVE 1) NEAR THE SITE OF A DUTCH ARMY GARAGE BUILDING ...
Photograph
LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. A GRAVE SITE (MASS GRAVE 1) NEAR THE SITE OF A DUTCH ARMY GARAGE BUILDING WHERE SIXTY SEVEN AUSTRALIANS (MEN OF THE 2/21ST BATTALION, GULL FORCE) AND DUTCH SERVICEMEN WERE BURI...124417
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. A GRAVE SITE (MASS GRAVE NO. 3) TO THE NORTH EAST OF TAWIRI VALLEY WHERE ...
Photograph
LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. A GRAVE SITE (MASS GRAVE NO. 3) TO THE NORTH EAST OF TAWIRI VALLEY WHERE THE BODIES OF SIXTY ONE AUSTRALIAN (INCLUDING MEN OF THE 2/21ST BATTALION, GULL FORCEM AND RAAF PERSONN...124421
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. A GRAVE SITE (MASS GRAVE NO. 4) TO THE SOUTH WEST OF TAWIRI VALLEY WHERE ...
Photograph
LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. A GRAVE SITE (MASS GRAVE NO. 4) TO THE SOUTH WEST OF TAWIRI VALLEY WHERE THE BODIES OF 135 AUSTRALIANS (MEN OF THE 2/21ST BATTALION, GULL FORCE) AND DUTCH SERVICEMEN WAS FOUND....124419
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Laha, Ambon. 8 December 1945. The concrete causeway and wharf at Laha on the bay of Ambon. This ...
Photograph
Laha, Ambon. 8 December 1945. The concrete causeway and wharf at Laha on the bay of Ambon. This photograph was taken by turning approximately 180 degrees from the direction of the seen in photograph N...030388/13