Two 4 page booklets for a Commemoration Service for those who died on board the Montevideo Maru. The service was held at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens on 7th February 2004. The ship was sunk with more than 1000 POWs on board on 1st July 1942.Two 4 page booklets for a Commemoration Service for those who died on board the Montevideo Maru at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens on 7th February 2004. world war ii, second world war, ww2, returned services league (rsl), ballarat botanical gardens, brigadier keith rossi, david vendy, les kennedy, montevideo maru (ship), australian prisoners of war

non-fictionForgotten for too long; the Gippslanders in Lark Force 1941-42world war 1939-1945, rabaul, montevideo maru, lark force

Front of the book shows a photographic image of two children posing for the camera in a garden. The title is printed in red across the top, the author's name is printed in white across the bottom of the image and bellow that the subtitle is printed in black in a handwritten style. The spine of the book is white with the title printed in red and the author in black print.non-fictionThis is a story about the occupation of Rabaul, New Guinea, by the Japanese in World War II, written by the daughter of an Australian who died there. This is a moving and intriguing account of a time and place that still resonates for many Australians, and of tragic wartime events whose effects still reverberate in many families. - Trovespensley family, montevideo maru (ship), papua new guinea, war crimes, missing in action, world war ii, ww2, rabaul

Photocopied Commemoration Service booklet for the Darwin Defenders at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne on Monday 19th February 2001. Inside is the order of service.Photocopied Commemoration Service booklet for the Darwin Defenders at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne on Monday 19th February 2001. Inside is the order of service.world war ii, second world war, ww2, returned services league (rsl), ballarat botanical gardens, brigadier keith rossi, david vendy, les kennedy, montevideo maru (ship), australian prisoners of war