Kieta Memorial Park
Kieta Lions Club Memorial Park
Kieta, Bougainville Island
The park is located in Kieta 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 was destroyed during the 'Bougainville Crisis'.
A6M3
Model 22 Zero
Installed by Kieta Lions Club at the Park in 1985
Type 89B Otsu Yi-Go Medium Tank
Installed at memorial park
Type 3 (1914) 76.2mm Naval Gun
Installed at memorial park
25mm Anti-Aircraft Gun Type 96 (1936) Twin Mount
Installed at memorial park
Cenotaph and 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" |
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