ASHES OF JAPANESE
NEW YORK, May 25
A correspondent in Manila states that ashes of 7000 dead Japanese have been found at Wiriu Mission, three miles south of Wewak, by Australian troops. A small mountain of miniature boxes contained the ashes, which are believed to be from the cremation of Japanese soldiers killed in action in the-sector since December, 1942.
The Japanese custom where possible is to send the ashes back to the homeland for a ceremonial burial. The Australian authorities will bury the boxes in a cemetery.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 123, 26 May 1945, Page 7
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