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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 SURRENDER AT 0630 HRS ON 1942-02-03. THE JAPANESE HAD BEEN UNABLE TO CROSS THE RIVER TILL THAT TIME. THIS SCENE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A BRIDGE ON THE ROEMATIGA TO LAHA ROAD ABOUT 500 YARDS NORTH EAST OF LAHA AIRSTRIP. (PHOTOGRAPHER SSGT R. L. STEWART)
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
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
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
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. 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
