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Tawiri, Laha, Ambon. 7 December 1945. Headquarters building near Laha Wharf, Ambon, used originally by the Dutch Air Force, then by C Company, 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion, and later, after 3 February 1942, by Japanese under Rear Admiral Hatakeyama. The road left proceeds north westerly to Laha Airfield, and the road right north easterly, to the village of Tawiri and the Lawa River. It is believed that the spot from which this photograph was taken is the position where Captain D. G. Perry stood to surrender the remnants of C Company, 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion and ancillaries on the morning of 3 February 1942, to the Japanese (Captain Hatakeyama, Lieutenant Wakabayashi, and interpreters Ikeuchi and Tetsuka). Major M. W. H. Newbury, who was Commanding Officer of C Company, 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion, at Laha, had already fallen into the hands of Japanese on the previous day. Behind the photographer's back, a matter of 50 to 100 yards, is the small concrete causeway and wharf for Laha Airfield, on the lovely bay of Ambon.
Laha, Ambon. 8 December 1945. The concrete causeway and wharf at Laha on the bay of Ambon. This photograph was taken by turning approximately 180 degrees from the direction of the seen in photograph N
Laha, Ambon. 8 December 1945. The well and cookhouse at the rear of the headquarters (Laha Wharf area, Ambon) building near where it is said by Interpreter Ikeuchi and Warrant Officer Hamanishi, that
Laha, Ambon. 8 December 1945. The assembly area adjacent to and immediately north west of, the well and cookhouse at the rear of the headquarters building, Laha Wharf area. It was stated by Interprete
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
Laha, Ambon. 8 December 1945. The Dutch garage building (referred to in 'The Laha Massacres') on the road from Laha Wharf headquarters buildings to Tawiri and the Lawa River, Ambon. To the right is a
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
