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1943-11-26. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH CARGO STEAMER BOTH. A 12 POUNDER AA GUN IS MOUNTED ...
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1943-11-26. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH CARGO STEAMER BOTH. A 12 POUNDER AA GUN IS MOUNTED ON THE STERN WITH LIGHT AA GUNS IN THE BRIDGE WINGS. THE BOTH OFTEN CARRIED AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, TAKING ...303017/01
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AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH PASSENGER CARGO VESSEL PATRAS WHICH TOOK TROOPS OF GULL FORCE ...
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AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH PASSENGER CARGO VESSEL PATRAS WHICH TOOK TROOPS OF GULL FORCE TO AMBON ON 1941-12. SHE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN OPERATION LILLIPUT IN NORTHERN NEW GUINEA BETWEEN 1942-12...303765
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Albert (Bert) Jones as a member of the 2/21 Battalion, which later became Gull Force (with some input from Russell Lavery, also of the 2/21.)
Sound
Maker: Jones, Albert George Billett, Janet Roberts
Bert Jones as a member of the 2/21 Battalion, which later became Gull Force (with some input from Russell Lavery, also of the 2/21.) Bert talks about his three years as a POW in Ambon, describing stea...S04322
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A MEMORIAL SERVICE ON ANZAC DAY 1979 AT THE MEMORIAL IN AMBON COMMEMORATING AUSTRALIAN SAILORS, ...
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A MEMORIAL SERVICE ON ANZAC DAY 1979 AT THE MEMORIAL IN AMBON COMMEMORATING AUSTRALIAN SAILORS, SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN WHO SERVED AND DIED IN AMBON IN 1942 TO 1945. SEVERAL GULL FORCE VETERANS WHO ATTEND...044675
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Amor, Benjamin Charles 'Ben' (Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Amor, Benjamin Charles (Ben)
Illustrated memoir titled "To Put The Record Straight: Ben Amor's Story of Escape in 1942, from the Japanese POWCamp at Ambon", describing service, captivity, escape experiences and post-escape life ...PR03110
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An aerial port bow view of the 2,608 ton Netherlands cargo steamer Both. A 12 pounder AA gun is ...
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Maker: Department of Defence Naval Historical Section
An aerial port bow view of the 2,608 ton Netherlands cargo steamer Both. A 12 pounder AA gun is mounted on the stern with light AA guns in the bridge wings. The Both helped transport Australian troop...303017
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Captain L. Woods of the US Office of Strategic ...
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Captain L. Woods of the US Office of Strategic Services with three Australian prisoners of war (POWs), members of the Gull Force captured on Ambon, whose c...030358/07
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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 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, 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. NX46703 Sergeant F. S. Bates, of the Australian Army ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. NX46703 Sergeant F. S. Bates, of the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC), captured in Gull Force on Ambon, an inmate of the improvised hospital at the Bak...030358/02
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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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Bill Gasperesz and Barbara Gasperesz, discuss their experience as citizens of Ambon during the Second World War
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Maker: Gasperesz, Barbara Billett, Janet Roberts
Bill and Barbara as citizens of Ambon during the second world war discuss their relationship to the Dutch administration, friendships with Australians, the invasion of Ambon by the Japanese forces, ...S04325
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Bruce Carlyle Ruxton as president of the RSL Club of Victoria speaks about the assistance he provided to the Gull Force Association during the mid 1960s.
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Maker: Ruxton, Bruce Carlyle Billett, Janet Roberts
Bruce Ruxton as president of the RSL Club of Victoria speaks about the assistance he provided to the Gull Force Association during the mid 1960s. The Gull Force Association was giving medical and othe...S04321
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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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Collection relating to the Hutchins brothers
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of VX61202 Private (Pte) David Arthur Hutchins (left), 2/21st Battalion, and his brother, VX61203 Pte Fred Hutchins, 2/21st Battalion, both of Woorinen North, Vic. The brothe...P05555.001
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Collection relating to the Hutchins family and their Second World War service
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of VX61201 Private (Pte) Eric Everard Hutchins, 2/21st Battalion (Gull Force), of Woorinen North, Vic, and his mother, Mary Hutchins, in the yard of the family home. With his...P05555.009
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Collection relating to the Hutchins family and their Second World War service
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Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait VX61203 Private (Pte) Fred Hutchins, 2/21st Battalion (Gull Force), of Woorinen North, Vic, standing in the yard of the family home. Pte Hutchins enlisted on 6 August 1941 a...P05555.013
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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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Composite group portrait of Mary and Henry Hutchins, of Woorinen North, Vic, and seven enlisted ...
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Maker: Unknown
Composite group portrait of Mary and Henry Hutchins, of Woorinen North, Vic, and seven enlisted sons. Back row, left to right: David, Malcolm, Eric, Fred, William and Ivan. Front row, left to right: M...P05555.015
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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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GILBERT, Maric, J (Eddie) (Private, b: 1921)
Manuscript
Maker: Gilbert, Maric Jeggo (Eddie)
Typescript memoir entitled: "Ambon 1941 -1945 Recollections of a Survivor". This memoir provides a well written, observant and detailed recollection of Gilbert's experience as a prisoner of war on Amb...MSS1651
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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 site of Private (Pte) James William Adams, 2/21 Battalion with three unidentified ...
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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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Group portrait of veterans of 2/21 Battalion (Gull Force) on Anzac Day, probably in the late ...
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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
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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GULL FORCE VETERANS AT THE MEMORIAL IN AMBON COMMEMORATING AUSTRALIAN SAILORS, SOLDIERS AND ...
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GULL FORCE VETERANS AT THE MEMORIAL IN AMBON COMMEMORATING AUSTRALIAN SAILORS, SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN WHO SERVED AND DIED IN AMBON 1942 TO 1945. PHOTOGRAPHED ANZAC DAY 1979. (AIS)044677
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GULL FORCE VETERANS SIGNING THE VISITOR'S BOOK AT THE AMBON WAR CEMETERY ON ANZAC DAY, 1979. (AIS)
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GULL FORCE VETERANS SIGNING THE VISITOR'S BOOK AT THE AMBON WAR CEMETERY ON ANZAC DAY, 1979. (AIS)044678
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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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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 three Hutchins brothers in the yard of the family home at Woorinen ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of three Hutchins brothers in the yard of the family home at Woorinen North. Left to right: VX61202 Private (Pte) David Arthur Hutchins; VX61201 Pte Eric Everard Hutchins; an...P05555.002
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Informal outdoor portrait of VX61202 Private (Pte) David Arthur Hutchins, 2/21st Battalion (Gull ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of VX61202 Private (Pte) David Arthur Hutchins, 2/21st Battalion (Gull Force), of Woorinen North, Vic, in the yard of the family home. With his brothers VX61201 Pte Eric Ever...P05555.006
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Informal outdoor portrait of VX61201 Private (Pte) Eric Everard Hutchins, 2/21st Battalion (Gull ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of VX61201 Private (Pte) Eric Everard Hutchins, 2/21st Battalion (Gull Force), of Woorinen North, Vic, in the yard of the family home. With his brothers VX61202 Pte David Art...P05555.007
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Informal outdoor portrait of VX61201 Private (Pte) Eric Everard Hutchins, 2/21st Battalion (Gull ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of VX61201 Private (Pte) Eric Everard Hutchins, 2/21st Battalion (Gull Force), of Woorinen North, Vic, standing at ease with his rifle, at a training camp near Adelaide River...P05555.008
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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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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. A GRAVE SITE (MASS GRAVE 1) NEAR THE SITE OF A DUTCH ARMY GARAGE BUILDING ...
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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. 4) TO THE SOUTH WEST OF TAWIRI VALLEY WHERE ...
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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 1945-12-15. HEADQUARTERS 33RD BRIGADE. AN AMBONESE NATIVE WALKS ALONG THE ROEMAHTIGA ...
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. HEADQUARTERS 33RD BRIGADE. AN AMBONESE NATIVE WALKS ALONG THE ROEMAHTIGA TO LAHA ROAD NEAR LAHA VILLAGE. ALONG THIS ROAD VX43876 MAJOR M. W. H. NEWBURY, 2/21ST BATTALION, GULL ...124399
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. HEADQUARTERS 33RD BRIGADE. BOMB DAMAGED BUILDINGS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ...
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. HEADQUARTERS 33RD BRIGADE. BOMB DAMAGED BUILDINGS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LAHA AIRSTRIP WHERE APPROXIMATELY 150 AUSTRALIANS OF THE 2/21ST BATTALION, GULL FORCE, AND DUTCH TROOPS O...124413
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. HEADQUARTERS 33RD BRIGADE. LAHA AIRSTRIP WHERE AUSTRALIANS INCLUDING THE ...
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. HEADQUARTERS 33RD BRIGADE. LAHA AIRSTRIP WHERE AUSTRALIANS INCLUDING THE 2/21ST BATTALION AND OTHER GULL FORCE UNITS PUT UP A GALLANT DEFENCE BEFORE SURRENDERING TO JAPANESE FO...124415
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. HEADQUARTERS 33RD BRIGADE. LAHA AIRSTRIP WHERE MEN OF THE 2/21ST ...
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. HEADQUARTERS 33RD BRIGADE. LAHA AIRSTRIP WHERE MEN OF THE 2/21ST BATTALION AND OTHER GULL FORCE UNITS, PUT UP A GALLANT DEFENCE BEFORE SURRENDERING TO JAPANESE FORCES IN 1942-0...124416
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. HEADQUARTERS 33RD BRIGADE. SOME OF THE FORTY SIX MEN EXECUTED WITH ...
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. HEADQUARTERS 33RD BRIGADE. SOME OF THE FORTY SIX MEN EXECUTED WITH VX43876 MAJOR M. W. H. NEWBURY, 2/21ST BATTALION, GULL FORCE, IN 1942-02 WERE HELD IN THIS HUT PRIOR TO THEIR...124409
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. HEADQUARTERS 33RD BRIGADE. THE SCHOOLHOUSE WHERE VX43876 MAJOR M. W. H. ...
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. HEADQUARTERS 33RD BRIGADE. THE SCHOOLHOUSE WHERE VX43876 MAJOR M. W. H. NEWBURY, 2/21ST BATTALION, GULL FORCE, WAS INCARCERATED WITH NINE OF HIS MEN AFTER HE VOLUNTARILY SURREN...124401
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. HEADQUARTERS 33RD BRIGADE. THIS HUT HELD THE JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS AND IS ...
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. HEADQUARTERS 33RD BRIGADE. THIS HUT HELD THE JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS AND IS WHERE VX43876 MAJOR M. W. H. NEWBURY, 2/21ST BATTALION, GULL FORCE, WAS TAKEN TO NEGOTIATE THE SURREND...124400
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. THE DARK SHADOW IN THE BUSH ON THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK MARKS THE ENTRANCE ...
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. THE DARK SHADOW IN THE BUSH ON THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK MARKS THE ENTRANCE TO THE JUNGLE CLEARING WHERE A MASS GRAVE CONTAINING THE REMAINS OF SIXTY SEVEN AUSTRALIANS (MEN OF THE...124418
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. THE LAWA RIVER FORMED PART OF THE AUSTRALIAN FORWARD DEFENCE LINE IN THE ...
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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. THE LAWA RIVER FORMED PART OF THE AUSTRALIAN FORWARD DEFENCE LINE IN THE BATTLE FOR LAHA AIRSTRIP. THIS LINE WAS HELD MEN OF THE 2/21ST BATTALION, GULL FORCE, UNTIL THE SURREND...124410