The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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. The original party of RAAF Australians was commanded by 250101 Wing Commander (Wing Cdr) Ernest Dallas Scott, AFC, Station Headquarters, RAAF, Darwin who had been captured by the Japanese and executed on 6 February 1942. The grave is one of four mass graves in which the victims of the Laha massacre were buried. After the war, the bodies were moved to the Ambon War Cemetery. Note the thick Jungle surrounding the clearing.
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 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.
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
Tawiri, Laha, Ambon. 7 December 1945. Skulls of Australian or Dutch servicemen as they were uncovered in Mass Grave No. 4, located by the 63rd Australian Infantry Battalion, south west of Tawiri Villa
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
