Betio Memorial Tarawa

Betio Memorial Tarawa (HM1OC6)

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Country: Kiribati

N 1° 21.234', E 172° 55.359'

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In memory of the twenty two British subjects murdered by the Japanese at Betio on the15th of October 1942.Standing unarmed to their posts,they matched brutality with gallantryand met death with fortitude.R G Morgan ∙ B Cleary ∙ I R Handley ∙ A M McArthur ∙ A L Sadd ∙ A C Heenan ∙ J J McCarthy ∙ H R C Hearn ∙ A E Mckenna ∙ A L Taylor ∙ T C Murray ∙ C A Pearsall ∙ L B Speedy ∙ C J Owen ∙ D H Howe ∙ R J Hitchon ∙ R Jones ∙ R A Ellis ∙ C A Kilpin ∙ J H Nichol ∙ W A R Parker ∙ R M McKenzie.The victims were New Zealand coastwatchers, Australians and British.
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HM NumberHM1OC6
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Date Added Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 at 9:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)2N E 286076 N 149731
Decimal Degrees1.35390000, 172.92265000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 1° 21.234', E 172° 55.359'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds1° 21' 14.04" N, 172° 55' 21.54" E
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