The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Tawiri, Laha, Ambon. 7 December 1945. Bones recovered from Mass Grave No. 4, located south west of Tawiri Village, in the Laha area, Ambon. In this mass grave the remains of 135 Australian and Dutch servicemen, who had been brutally executed by the Japanese following their successful invasion of Ambon in February 1942, were recovered by Japanese working parties under supervision of an Australian War Graves Maintenance Unit. Among the bones are boots and other articles which may aid in the identification of the servicemen.
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. 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. Three 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
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. 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
Tawiri, Laha, Ambon. 7 December 1945. During the excavation of Pit No. 2 at Mass Grave No. 4 site, located south west of Tawiri Village, in the Laha area, Ambon, where the remains of 135 Australian an
