Some of the special historical sites, Muntok

Auntie Jean (Carrie Jean Ashton) wrote in her diary:
"We could see land in the distance, about 8-10 miles away when we were bombed. Late in the afternoon we left the boat and linked up with a passing raft. 23 of us around this raft. 2 young children and another sitting on it. Swam, pushing and pulling raft all night. We could see a fire on shore between 2 lighthouses in the distance."
This is one of the lighthouses, at a place called Tanjung Kelian Beach and this is where the memorial is located.

This is the location of the jetty where Auntie Jean and many others landed at Muntok.
She wrote, " We then realized we had fallen in to enemy hands".

This is the back view of the old customs house where Auntie Jean and others spent the first night, after leaving the jetty.
She wrote, "After sitting about 1 and a half hours on end of jetty, guards came and matched us to a large customs house off end of jetty. What a sight we must have looked, wet clothes hanging and two girls without uniforms (used for sails in boat). We were put in a small room with a roll of carpet to lie on. We all collapsed on to floor."

The second day they moved to the cinema.
"About dark we were marched a short way across road to a cinema hall. Found many more men, all ranks, must have been over 1000. Settled down on floor for night - didn't sleep."

The old cinema is now used for bird nests for bird nest soup.

This is the well in the Women's camp at Muntok. It is still used by the people living around and is called the Japanese well. We met a woman who remembered when some of the nurses came back to visit in 1993 and we have a photo of Auntie Jean standing by this well in1993.

We enjoyed meeting the people (especially the kids) who live there.

This is the spring at Radji beach, where we think Vivian Bullwinkel found drinking water for herself and Pat Kingsley (after they survived the massacre).

This is Radji Beach, known as English Bay by local people.
From the book, On Radji Beach by Ian Shaw, Vivian Bullwinkel thought, as she and the others were walking into the sea before they were shot

"How can something as dirty and evil as this be happening in a place that is so beautiful?"

We placed this in the sea in memory of what happened on Radji beach.

The Memorial to the Vyner Brooke nurses at Tanjung Kelian Beach.
From left: Brian, Rose, Sue and Maxie.

This is the building where the Muntok historical and cultural community are hoping to make into a museum with a room dedicated to the memory of all the Prisoners of War