Places - Memorials | New Ireland - People of the Plaque

On 4 July 2002 a plaque was unveiled at the Kavieng War Memorial to commemorate civilians in New Ireland who lost their lives under Japanese Occupation.

The plaque was donated to the people of New Ireland by relatives in Australia and much research was undertaken by Jim Ridges of Kavieng and others to check the names and compile the roll of honour.

Inscription

To the Memory of Civilians

Missionaries, planters, businessmen & officials - living in New Ireland District when Japanese troops landed at Kavieng on 23rd January 1942 in World War II who died, drowned when the "Montevideo Maru" was torpedoed on 1st July 1942 or were executed, many on Kavieng Wharf on 17th March 1944, during the occupation of New Ireland which ended on 19th September 1945. Most have no known grave.

H. Adams
AH Young
S.A. Ashby
W. Attwood
D.J. Bell
J.W. Bell
G.W. Benham
W.C. Box
L.W. Carson
C. Charlson
C.G. Chadderton
F. Cobb
T.D. Collett
C.R. Consterdine
Craig
M. de la Cruz
E.L. Davies
H.G. Doyle
M.S. Edwards
Fan Kim
Fat Hong

A.C. Forsyth
R.B. Furlong
W.F.S Garnett
J.C. Goad
L.L. Gordon
J.K.V. Griffen
L. Hamilton
A. Hay
H.R. Heming
O. Herterich
W. Heydon
V.G.L.N. Ives
C.C. Jervis
E.C. Kelly
A.F. Kyle
Lam Tiu
Leong Cheung
Leslie Foon Kong
Leu Keu
P.M. Levy

H.L. Lightbody
Lin Trao
W.J. Livingstone
R.S. McPherson
C. Mackellar
F. Marques
T.P. Mermin
E.R. Miller
J. Morell
A.E. Moseley
J.F. Naughton
J.L. Ormond
C. Ostrom
M.J. Ostrom
C.L. Page
Mrs Phebe Parkinson
H. Peterson
K. Peterson
C.M. Pines
L.J. Pinnock

Poon Kam
D.W.L. Rand
D.L. Roberts
F.V. Saunders
S.K. Savage
A.G. Sawkins
Mrs C.R. Schultze
Sui Long Ching
I.H. Tait
J.S. Talmage
D.J. Topal
H.J. Topal
Tung Sing
Wan Chui
B.N. Whitehead
W.M. Wilkin
L.L. Williams
Wong Yu
E.S.F. Woodhouse
L.G. Woolcott

Adventist
Pstr. Arthur S. Atkins

Methodist
Rev. W. Daniel Oakes
Rev. Thomas N. Simpson

Catholic
Fr. Johannes Hemig
Fr. Heinrich Kohlstette
Fr. Josef Krutzenbichler
Fr. Paul Kutscher
Fr. Josef Lakaff
Fr. Karl Martin
Fr. Michael Murphy
Fr. Karl Neuhaus
Fr. Karl Schluetter
Fr. Franz Utsch junior
Br. Heinrich Zumkley
Sr. Climaka Herick
Sr. Ambrosia Mueschner

Many New Irelanders, New Guineans & other members of the Chinese & Mixed Race communities whose names are not recorded also suffered & died in New Ireland during the war.

The suffering of indigenous people was especially devasting.

Rest in Peace

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Resources

Newspaper Articles

Wesley Bunpalau, 'Expat War Victims get Memorial', PNG Post-Courier, 2 July 2002, p. 7.
Tony Stephens, 'Diggers Rest', Sydney Morning Herald, 29 June 2002, p. 34.

Online

Margaret Henderson, Thomas Nevison Simpson Methodist Missionary, 2003, http://www.jje.info/lostlives/exhib/simpsontn/index.html.
George Oakes, William Daniel Oakes Methodist Missionary, 2003, http://www.jje.info/lostlives/exhib/oakeswd/index.html.
Jim Ridges, People of the Plaque, Web publication of the commemorative booklet distributed at the unveiling of the plaque at Kavieng on the 4 July 2002, 2002, http://www.jje.info/lostlives/exhib/potp/index.html.
Alf Uechtritz, Concerning Phebe Parkinson, 2003, http://www.jje.info/lostlives/exhib/parkinsonpc/index.html.

Transcripts

New Guinea Civilians Previously Reported Missing Now Reported Lost at Sea [Government record]
Date: 1946 Source: Series A7030 Item 11; National Archives of Australia, National Office.

New Ireland Civilians Memorial Plaque
4 July 2002

Unveiling ceremony for the New Ireland Civilians Memorial Plaque
4 July 2002

New Ireland Civilians Memorial Plaque
6 July 2002