Saturday, January 29, 2011

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-03-16

OF THE 653 CHINESE WHO DIED WHILST CAPTIVES OF THE JAPANESE, 259 WERE RE-INTERRED IN A CHINESE CEMETERY AT RABAUL. THE NEAT GROUNDS, ROWS OF MARKED GRAVES AND AN INSCRIBED MEMORIAL MONUMENT WERE DEDICATED IN A SPECIAL CERMEONY ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY, CHINESE ARMY AND CHINESE COMMUNITY. SHOWN, THE ENGLISH AND CHINESE INSCRIPTIONS ON THE BASE OF A MONUMENT ERECTED TO CHINESE WAR DEAD.
http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/099922

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