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Balalae Remembrance 2016. Balalae Remembrance 2016. Remembrance Service 26th April 2016. British High Commissioner to the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Nauru, Mr Chris Trott.…
Balalae Island Gunners. Balalae Island Gunners. Report on alleged war crimes by Japaneseof Osaki unit in Balalae Island November 1942 to September 1943. by NX.70429 Maj. E C Millikin B Sqn 2/4 Aust. Armd. Regt.…
Rabaul and Balalae, including Rolls of Honour. On 18th October 1942 600 men of the Royal Artillery left Singapore for an unknown destination.…
Island of Balalae Visit. In June 2003, seven members travelled to the Solomon Islands to place a commemorative plaque on the Island of Ballalae in memory of 517 Royal Artillery men who died there in March 1943. 2003. 2004. Hong Kong & Burma Pilgrimage.…
Ballalae Memorial Restoration 2007. Ballalae Memorial Restoration 2007. By Beryl Canwell.…
Pilgrimage to Ballalae (Solomon Islands). Pilgrimage to Ballalae (Solomon Islands). By Beryl Canwell.…
The crew of British warship, HMS TAMAR, has refurbished and re-dedicated a memorial to British FEPOWs in Ballalae Island. Lieutenant Commander Matt Millyard, Executive Officer on board, reports.…
JOHN BASSETT (1930)Took command of 35th LAA September 1941Died on Ballalae Island (Solomons) in 1943. Embarkation was on the luxury liner the Empress of Japan at Greenock which sailed down the Clyde on 13th November 1941 in convoy.…
The Fate Of The Ballalae MenAfter the war the fate of the 516 British prisoners of war who left Rabaul for 'somewhere in the Solomons' became known. They were taken to Ballalae in the Shortland Group south of Bougainville.…
British India was threatened by the Japanese advance, the fate of the British Empire in the East hung in the balance.…
The FEPOW’s lives hung in the balance as orders had been issued to murder all POW’s should mainland Japan be invaded by the Allies.…
The overall cost made a huge hole in our bank balance, but it is now back to saving the pennies again as I would dearly love to go back to Burma - not only to visit the cemetery again, but to experience more of Burma, its people and its culture.…
Rich and the balance up-country party under Major Brodie. Every effort was made to keep a reasonable sized party together wherever possible, together with at least one officer; but there were odd cases where a small party of men were on their own.…
