HMS Gambia in Tokyo Bay about 900 metres from the
USS Missouri, where the official surrender ceremony was held on September 2, 1945. A few weeks prior to the ceremony, Japanese Emperor Hirohito surrendered in a radio announcement on August 15, ending the war. Despite the announcement, including an order to ‘cease hostilities’, waves of ‘kamikaze pilots’ arrived, and a Japanese aircraft exploded as it was shot down overhead. The quietly spoken village resident was involved in allied attacks on Japanese shipping, military and industrial targets in the Indian Ocean and Dutch East Indies between 1943 and 1945.
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Supplied photograph of Japanese kamikaze pilots taken by veteran Bill Sterritt during his time aboard HMS Gambia in World War II.
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An Anzac Day tour around the military sights of Devonport, Auckland
24 Apr, 2021 04:26 PM
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Commemorate ANZAC Day with a self-guided walking tour around the military sites of historic Devonport, Auckland. Photo / 123rf
Commemorate ANZAC Day with a self-guided walking tour around the military sites of historic Devonport, Auckland. Photo / 123rf
NZ Herald
By: Peter Dragicevich
To commemorate Anzac Day, Peter Dragicevich outlines a self-guided walking tour around the military sites of historic Devonport
Home to the Royal New Zealand Navy s main administrative base, Devonport has had strong ties to the military since the earliest days of the colony. This 9km loop can be walked in less than two hours, but you could easily fill up the best part of a day exploring the museum, maunga and military installations along the way.
Friday, 23 April 2021, 1:36 pm
After last year’s cancellation due to COVID-19,
Hamilton City Council and Hamilton Returned Services
Association (RSA) are expecting Hamiltonians to warmly
welcome back their Anzac Day services this Sunday.
The
city’s Anzac Day parades and services return on 25 April
after not going ahead in 2020 – the first cancellation
since services began in Hamilton in 1916.
Hamilton
Mayor Paula Southgate is pleased and relieved that
residents, in COVID-19 lockdown last Anzac Day, can once
again honour the huge sacrifices of New Zealand’s service
personnel.
“I know that Anzac Day was
very difficult for many of us last year; it just didn’t
Press Release – Hamilton City Council After last years cancellation due to COVID-19, Hamilton City Council and Hamilton Returned Services Association (RSA) are expecting Hamiltonians to warmly welcome back their Anzac Day services this Sunday. The citys Anzac Day parades and services …
After last year’s cancellation due to COVID-19, Hamilton City Council and Hamilton Returned Services Association (RSA) are expecting Hamiltonians to warmly welcome back their Anzac Day services this Sunday.
The city’s Anzac Day parades and services return on 25 April after not going ahead in 2020 – the first cancellation since services began in Hamilton in 1916.
Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate is pleased and relieved that residents, in COVID-19 lockdown last Anzac Day, can once again honour the huge sacrifices of New Zealand’s service personnel.