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Kieta Memorial Park
Kieta Lions Club Memorial Park
Kieta, Bougainville Island

Kieta Memorial Park
Stephen Turner 1985
Kieta Memorial Park
Josh McDade 1999
Kieta Memorial Park
Justin Taylan 2005

The park is near the Kieta Wharf on the junction of the beach road and the Aropa-Arawa sealed road. The beach road goes from the Kieta wharf down past the old Kieta Resort which is now in ruins and overgrown since the 'Bougainville Crisis'.

Cenotaph & Obelisk
 Central to the park is a cenotaph. It comprises of three flag poles with an obelisk in front centrally. The obelisk is on three tier wide pedestals. Each side of this central construction are large bent and damaged aircraft propellers. These have been embedded in the ground standing up. The plaque reads:

"TO A LOYAL NATIVE BAROS OF SIROUI WHO GAVE HIS LIFE JANUARY 1943. LEST WE FORGET
RSS & AILA BOUGAINVILLE SUB-BRANCH"


A6M3 Model 22 Zero
Installed by Kieta Lions Club at the Park in 1985

Type 89 Chi-Ro Medium Tank
Installed at memorial park

Type 3 (1914) 76.2mm Naval Gun
Installed at memorial park

References
Thanks to Josh McDaded and Stephen Turner for additional information
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