124421 Accession Number: 124421

Description

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 PERSONNEL) AND DUTCH SERVICEMEN WERE FOUND. THE PARTY COMMANDED BY WING COMMANDER E. D. SCOTT AFC, HAD BEEN EXECUTED BY THE JAPANESE ON 1942-02-06. NOTE THE THICK JUNGLE SURROUNDING THE CLEARING. (PHOTOGRAPHER SSGT R. L. STEWART)

Details

Accession Number
124421
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Places

Units

Tags

Accession 124421

More like this

124419

Photograph 124419 Second World War, 1939-1945

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.

124422

Photograph 124422 Second World War, 1939-1945

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

124417

Photograph 124417 Second World War, 1939-1945

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

124418

Photograph 124418 Second World War, 1939-1945

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

030388/09

Photograph 030388/09 Second World War, 1939-1945

Tawiri, Laha, Ambon. 7 December 1945. A Japanese working party, under supervision of an Australian War Graves Maintenance Unit, recovering the remains of Australian and Dutch servicemen executed by th

030388/07

Photograph 030388/07 Second World War, 1939-1945

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

See more similar items →

Record information

Last modified: 2 July 2026 - 5.44 am