Commonwealth War Graves Honiara
The Matanikau Cemetery in Honiara contains a plot with 5 Commonwealth war graves of the Second World War. These are the graves of soldiers of the 1st and 3rd Battalion of the Fiji Infantru Regiment, which took part of the fighting for Guadalcanal.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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