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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 FORCE, HAD WALKED TO SURRENDER AND LATER LED TO THEIR EXECUTION. (PHOTOGRAPHER SSGT R. L. STEWART)
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. 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. 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. 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, 2/21S
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. LAHA AIRSTRIP WHERE AUSTRALIANS INCLUDING THE 2/21ST BATTALION AND OTHER GULL FORCE UNITS PUT UP A GALLANT DEFENCE BEFORE SURRENDERING TO JAPANESE FO
