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Ambon Island lies close to the south west coast of Ceram in the Molucca Group of Islands. The Ambon Memorial was constructed on the site of a former prisoner of war camp, and commemorates over 440 officers and men of the Australian forces who have no known grave. Of these, nearly 300 belonged to the Australian Army and over 150 to the Royal Australian Air Force; they lost their lives in Ambonia, in other islands of the Molucca group and in Celebes. Many of those commemorated here died in the defence of Ambonia in the early months of the war against Japan and others were killed in the Allied assault on Japanese air bases established on Ambonia and Celebes. A large number perished in Japanese prisoner of war camps. The Memorial stands on a lawn terrace at the front of the cemetery and is approached by a broad flight of steps on the central drive leading from the entrance gates. It is in the form of a shelter building with the roof supported on columns and with bronze name panels affixed to the inside walls. In the centre of the building a low altar-like stone contains the Register box and bears a bronze panel with the following inscription:

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01.02.1945 31 (City of Wagga Wagga) Sqn, RAAF, Beaufighter XXI A8-10, Flt Lt. Douglas R. Taylor, RAAF Wama strip, Morotai Island, Tomahon, Northern Celebres, War Crime Preview

01.02.1945 31 (City of Wagga Wagga) Sqn, RAAF, Beaufighter XXI A8-10, Flt Lt. Douglas R. Taylor, RAAF Wama strip, Morotai Island, Tomahon, Northern Celebres, War Crime
01.02.1945 31 (City of Wagga Wagga) Sqn, RAAF, Beaufighter XXI A8-32, Plt Off. William R. McGuigan, RAAF Wama strip, Morotai Island, Tomahon, Northern Celebres, War Crime Preview

01.02.1945 31 (City of Wagga Wagga) Sqn, RAAF, Beaufighter XXI A8-32, Plt Off. William R. McGuigan, RAAF Wama strip, Morotai Island, Tomahon, Northern Celebres, War Crime
12.01.1942 No. 13 Squadron RAAF Lockheed Hudson II A16-67 Fl/Lt. Arthur Robert Barton, Namlea, Boeroe Island, Dutch East Indies (now Pulau Buru, Indonesia) Preview

1942 No. 13 Squadron RAAF Hudson A16-67 Fl/ Lt. A.R. Barton - One of four losses on the same op against Japanese invaders. See also A16-7, A16-12, A16-46
12.01.1942 No. 2 Squadron Lockheed Hudson I A16-46 Fl/Lt. Parker Henry Russell (Joe) Hodge, Namlea, Boeroe Island, Dutch East Indies (now Pulau Buru, Indonesia) Preview

942 2 Sqn. RAAF Hudson A16-46 Fl/Lt. P.H.R. Hodge - Only one survivor from 4 crews shot down on same op by Zeros. See also A16-7, A16-12, A16-67
12.01.1942 No. 2 Squadron RAAF Lockheed Hudson I A16-12 F/O. Peter Creighton Gorrie, Namlea, Boeroe Island, Dutch East Indies (now Pulau Buru, Indonesia) Preview

1942 No. 2 Squadron RAAF Hudson A16-12 F/O. P. C. Gorrie - One of four Hudsons shot down by Zeros on the same raid. See also A16-7, A16-46, A16-67
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