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January 23 is Ninth Anniversary of Fall of Rabaul to Japs Memorial Gatherings in Rabaul And Sydney
THE war and the post -war years of something near to social chaos and now, renewed war fears, have created a sort of vacuum in the minds of most people. The events of pre-1939 seem somehow clearer than those of the years that came after. It is almost incredible, therefore, to realise that almost a decade has passed since the fall of Rabaul to the Japanese.
January 23, this year, will mark the ninth anniversary of that event of early 1942, and it will be observed, as usual, by gatherings of New Guinea folk to pay tri bute to the men who, on that day or later, became prisoners of the Japs and subsequently lost their lives.
On this January 23, as has been usual, special services will be held in Rabaul, and in Sydney the New Guinea Sub- Branch of the RSSAILA, in conjunction with the New Guinea Ex-Servicemen’s Club and the New Guinea Women’s Club of Sydney, with past or present Terri torians, will meet at the Cenotaph, in Martin Place, at 8 a.m., and, with flowers and wreaths, remember those who died as a result of war in the SW Pacific.