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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 SURRENDERED ON 1942-02-02. THEY WERE THEN KEPT HERE UNDER HEAVY GUARD UNTIL NOON 1942-02-06 WITH THIRTY SIX OTHERS WHO HAD JOINED HIM (THEY HAD SURRENDERED IN SMALL GROUPS UP TO THE EVENING OF 1942-02-03). THE MEN WERE THEN TAKEN TO THE STATION END OF LAHA VILLAGE INTO THE JUNGLE ABOUT SEVENTY YARDS AND THERE EXECUTED UNDER SUPERVISION OF LIEUTENANT NAKAGAWA AFTER BEING STRIPPED OF ALL IDENTIFICATION EXCEPT MAJOR NEWBURY'S PAYBOOK WHICH HE HAD SECRETED INSIDE A NEW TESTAMENT. (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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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
