Sailors from HMNZS Te Kaha marched at the Kranji Commonwealth War Cemetery in Singapore in September to commemorate the fallen of WWII.
Te Kaha was in the area to take part in exercises with Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and Britain.
The parade marked the end of five days of commemorations recalling Singapore’s part in WWII. Jack Bagley, Noel Yorke and John Brock were all shipmates in 1945, when their assault ship sailed into Singapore that September; Jack was ashore on 12 September 1945 and witnessed the formal ceremony when the Japanese commander surrendered to Lord Mountbatten.
John Vibert, an Air Force pilot captured in Java in 1942 and later transferred to the infamous Changi prison, took part in Saturday’s ceremony at the Changi Chapel and Museum.
There are some 4,000 war graves at Kranji, while the Roll of Honour names over 24,000 more servicemen and women who have known graves but who fell elsewhere in Southeast Asia.
Dawn parade: sailors from HMNZS Te Kaha.
Kiwi veterans John Brock, Noel Yorke and Jack Bagley at the Changi Prison Memorial Chapel after the commemorative service.