The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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. THESE MEN HAD BEEN EXECUTED BY SWORDS AND BAYONETS ON 1942-02-15. THE LAND WHICH IS NOW PARTIALLY CLEARED WAS THICK JUNGLE AT THE TIME. (PHOTOGRAPHER SSGT R. L. STEWART)
LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. A GRAVE SITE (MASS GRAVE NO. 3) TO THE NORTH EAST OF TAWIRI VALLEY WHERE THE BODIES OF SIXTY ONE AUSTRALIAN (INCLUDING MEN OF THE 2/21ST BATTALION, GULL FORCEM AND RAAF PERSONN
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
A grave site (mass grave No 3) to the north-east of the Tawiri Valley, where bodies of 61 Australians (including men of 2/21st Battalion, Gull Force and RAAF personnel) and Dutch servicemen were found
Tawiri, Laha, Ambon. 7 December 1945. A Japanese working party, under supervision, trenching around one of the two burial pits at Mass Grave No. 4 site during the disinternment of the remains of Austr
Tawiri, Laha, Ambon. 7 December 1945. The early stages of exhumation from Pit No. 1, in the right foreground, at Mass Grave No. 4. In the left background, a Japanese working party, under the direction
LAHA, AMBON 1945-12-15. THE DARK SHADOW IN THE BUSH ON THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK MARKS THE ENTRANCE TO THE JUNGLE CLEARING WHERE A MASS GRAVE CONTAINING THE REMAINS OF SIXTY SEVEN AUSTRALIANS (MEN OF THE
