GALALA, AMBON. 1945-10-31. THE GALALA PRISONER OF WAR CEMETERY WHERE 365 AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS ARE ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Ambon, Pulau, Ambon
Accession Number 121114
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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GALALA, AMBON. 1945-10-31. THE GALALA PRISONER OF WAR CEMETERY WHERE 365 AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS ARE BURIED. A NEW CEMETERY IS BEING CONSTRUCTED NEARBY WHERE THE MEN WILL BE REINTERRED. LOOKING AT THE GRAVES ARE LEFT TO RIGHT: NX193155 DRIVER W. FIRKIN OF 33RD BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS AND VX91211 SERGEANT C. F HEAPS OF 34TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD SECURITY SECTION. (PHOTOGRAPHER SSGT R. L. STEWART)