Australian War Memorial 099921

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-03-16. OF THE 653 CHINESE WHO DIED WHILST CAPTIVES OF THE JAPANESE, 259 WERE RE-INTERRED IN A CHINESE CEMETERY AT RABAUL. THE NEAT GROUNDS, ROWS OF MARKED GRAVES AND AN INSCRIBED MEMORIAL MONUMENT WERE DEDICATED IN A SPECIAL CEREMONY ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY, CHINESE ARMY AND CHINESE COMMUNITY. SHOWN, THE MONUMENT AND SHRINE SHOWING LIGHTED CANDLES AND OFFERINGS OF FOOD TO CHINESE WAR DEAD.