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LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. THIS AMBONESE MAN AND CHILD ARE WALKING ON A TRACK LEADING TO MASS GRAVE NO. 2. IT CONTAINED THE REMAINS OF FORTY SIX MEN IN THE CHARGE OF VX43876 MAJOR M. W. H. NEWBURY, 2/21ST BATTALION, GULL FORCE, WHO WERE EXECUTED BY THE JAPANESE AFTER THEY HAD SURRENDERED. THE GRAVE IS IN THICK JUNGLE ABOUT SEVENTY YARDS FROM A ROAD AND CLOSE TO THE BANK OF THE PIA BESAR RIVER. THE GRAVE HAD NOT BEEN MARKED AND WAS FOUND ONLY AFTER AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH. (PHOTOGRAPHER SSGT R. L. STEWART)
LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. TWO AMBONESE MEN BESIDE MASS GRAVE NO. 2. IT CONTAINED THE REMAINS OF FORTY SIX MEN IN THE CHARGE OF VX43876 MAJOR M. W. H. NEWBURY, 2/21ST BATTALION, GULL FORCE, WHO WERE EXEC
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
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
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
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
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.
