MEMORIAL NEWS
Unveiling of a Commemorative Seat and Storyboard at Mornington Memorial Park A special community event on 23 January 2023 remembered the 1,053 Australian soldiers and civilians who died as prisoners on the hell ship,...
Category: Rabaul and Montevideo Maru
Are You Interested in a Trip to Rabaul?
Memorial News Are You Interested in a Trip to Rabaul? A number of people have expressed an interest in returning to Rabaul with a group of interested travellers. The week around Anzac Day 2023...
Japanese Prison Ships
Readers of PNG Kundu are familiar with the sinking of the Japanese prison ship, Montevideo Maru, on 1 July 1942, and that 20 of the Japanese crew successfully abandoned the ship leaving the prisoners...
MEMORIAL NEWS
80th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Montevideo Maru and the Fall of the New Guinea Islands Commemorative Ceremony On 1 July 2022 the 80th Anniversary Commemorative Ceremony was held at the Stone of...
Last Post Ceremony at AWM commemorates the NGVR and Cpl George Williams Spensley NGX490 – 1 July 2021
On 1 July 2021 the Last Post Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, will commemorate the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles and Corporal George William Spensley NGX490. Anyone is welcome to attend however you...
Montevideo Maru – Australia’s Greatest Maritime Disaster
Few Australians know this story – but all should. Seventy-seven years ago today 1053 civilians and Australian troops were about to begin their last tragic journey from Rabaul, the capital of Australian-mandated New Guinea....
Memorial News – PNG Kundu Dec 2020
Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Signing of the Surrender of Japanese Forces at Rabaul, 6 September 2020 The Papua New Guinea Association of Australia commemorated the 75th Anniversary of the signing of...
Memorial News – Sept 2020 Kundu
The Rabaul & Montevideo Maru Society was established in 2009 and integrated into the PNGAA in 2013. The society encourages students and adults to explore the significance of WWII in the Papua New Guinea...
MEMORIAL NEWS
The Rabaul & Montevideo Maru Society was established in 2009 and integrated into the PNGAA in 2013. The society encourages students and adults to explore the significance of WWII in the Papua New Guinea...
Montevideo Maru – Australia’s greatest tragedy of the Pacific War
With the sinking of the MONTEVIDEO MARU – Australia suffered the greatest single tragedy of the war in the Pacific.
The fate of those who had embarked at Rabaul on the Japanese Naval auxiliary transport on the 22 Jun 1942, remained a mystery for
2019 Upcoming PNGAA Events
A number of gatherings are planned for PNGAA members and their friends through 2019 – they’re always enjoyable days so please support your association and come along! We thank all our organisers. This list...
Rabaul & Montevideo Maru Memorial News, March 2019
Australian War Memorial Re-development The Australian War Memorial has developed a detailed proposal to the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia to fund a major redevelopment of the Memorial’s galleries and precinct, and create...
76th Anniversary – Fall of New Guinea Islands and Montevideo Maru
76th Anniversary – Fall of New Guinea Islands and the Montevideo Maru Last Post Ceremony, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT All welcome Date: 30 June 2018 Time: 4.40pm Place: Australian War Memorial, Pool...
Memorial News September 2017
75 years ago, in January 1942, Rabaul was Australia’s front line in the Pacific war. This was a war fought on Australian soil against Australian people, both soldiers and civilians…a critical period in the...
75th Anniversary Montevideo Maru, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
On 22 June 1942, 75 years ago, 1053 Australians boarded a Japanese hellship, Montevideo Maru, in Rabaul, the capital of the Australian Mandated Territory of New Guinea, and on 1 July 1942 every one...
