To the southern side are two canted black polished granite walls with the names of all known Australian prisoners of war.

Overall, only 14,000 of the Australian prisoners taken by the Japanese survived captivity.

The League, with 15,000 Australian prisoners to choose from, was reportedly very strong and featured a number of players from leading leagues around the country.

As a result, 8,296 Australian prisoners died in captivity.

Heavy hand-to-hand fighting ensued, as the Australian prisoners turned on their captors.

The battle was a disaster and 1170 Australian prisoners were taken by the Germans.

The same year he also appeared in the more successful The Wooden Horse playing an Australian prisoner of war.

Between 1943 and 1945, he produced three reports, known as the Webb reports, into crimes against Australian prisoners of war.

At the nearby Waitavalo Plantation, another group of Australian prisoners were shot.

Only 14,000 of the 21,467 Australian prisoners taken by the Japanese survived captivity.