President of the 2/22 Battalion Association, Mr. Norm Furness invites you to attend the Shrine of Remembrance for the official wreath laying service to commemorate all those that served in Lark Force.
Life Governor of the Shrine, Colonel George Mackenzie OBE RFD will conduct the official wreath laying service on behalf of the 2/22 Lark Force Association.
January 2016 marks the 74th Anniversary of the fall of Rabaul. Of the 1400 men that comprised Lark Force only 400 would survive. After the Japanese invasion of Rabaul on 23 January 1942, many soldiers would perish in the jungle either at the hands of nature as they tried to escape or more brutally at the hands of the Japanese.
160 Australian soldiers of Lark Force who had surrendered to the Japanese were murdered at Tol Plantation. Another 1053 people comprising of Lark Force POW's and Rabaul civilians would loose their life on the biggest loss of POW's at sea in the Second World War, on-board the Montevideo Muru.
When: 12pm, Sunday 17 January, 2016
Where: Shrine of Remembrance, Birdwood Ave, Melbourne. (Sanctuary)
Cost: Free
