BATUMERAH, AMBON 1945-12-14. PART OF THE CLEARED AREA WHERE THE BODIES WERE FOUND OF FOURTEEN MEN ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Ambon, Pulau, Ambon, Batumerah
Accession Number 124404
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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BATUMERAH, AMBON 1945-12-14. PART OF THE CLEARED AREA WHERE THE BODIES WERE FOUND OF FOURTEEN MEN OF THE 2/21ST BATTALION, GULL FORCE, EXECUTED BY THE JAPANESE. IN THE DISTANCE TWO JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR ARE CLEARING SCRUB AND ASSISTING IN THE LOCATION OF GRAVES. (PHOTOGRAPHER SSGT R. L. STEWART)