Category: Rabaul and Montevideo Maru

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Last Post Ceremony

Australian War Memorial Saturday, 1 July 2023 Canberra turned on a beautiful, sunny day for this year’s 1 July 2023 Last Post Ceremony. Held on the 81st anniversary, the Last Post Ceremony remembered all...

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Finding Montevideo Maru

The ship at the centre of the worst maritime disaster in Australia’s history has been discovered more than 4,000 metres beneath the sea—81 years after it sank.   Japanese transport ship, MS Montevideo Maru,...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...