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
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...
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 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...
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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...
On 22 June 1942, nearly 75 years ago, 1053 Australians boarded a Japanese hellship in Rabaul, the capital of the Australian Mandated Territory of New Guinea, and on 1 July 1942 every one of...
RABAUL on Thursday 22 JUNE 2017 To remember all those lost in the New Guinea islands in 1942 the 75th anniversary service will be held on dusk at the Montevideo Maru and Rabaul 1942-1945 Memorial,...
75th ANNIVERSARY SERVICES RABAUL and MONTEVIDEO MARU – to be held in RABAUL on 22 JUNE 2017, the AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, ACT, on 1 July 2017. These services remember all those lost in...
A service to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the fall of the New Guinea islands in early 1942 and the sinking of the Montevideo Maru on 1 July 1942 will be held at the...
Rabaul and Montevideo Maru 75th Anniversary Commemorative Dinner at Canberra Mercure on 1 July 2017, following 1pm service at Australian War Memorial, Canberra. Time: 6.00pm Venue: Mercure Canberra, Corner of Ainslie and Limestone Ave,...
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