Ballali Island

**clivetemple** · 07-07-2009, 04:44 PM

One of the chaps I'm researching perished on Ballai Island. Has any research been done since the war to identify the bodies and perhaps throw some light onto the identities of those massacred and those who may have died earlier during the construction of the airfield?

He was Bombadier John Hall Bragg.

**mathsmal** · 07-07-2009, 05:50 PM

Hi

Bit of self-promotion here. I've done a review of a book which may be of interest:

Recollections of WWII: What Price Bushido?

**clivetemple** · 07-08-2009, 01:02 AM

Thanks for that. Problem is that book and Kill All The Prisoners doesn't really cover Ballale for obvious reasons. No-one survived and all the records were destroyed.

**spidge** · 07-08-2009, 05:58 AM

A couple of photos which may be of interest.

(1) Is the location - 500ks SSE of Rabaul or halfway Rabaul to Guadalcanal.

(2) A picture of the island from circa 1943.

Ballalae Island.JPG

Rabaul to Ballalae.JPG

**Kyt** · 07-08-2009, 06:01 AM

There are some investigation files at the Australian Archives, but unfortunately theu have not been digitised yet. You could request copies though

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