St. Raphael's Gona Memorial Medical Center

St. Raphael's Gona Memorial Medical Center was funded by veterans of the Battle of Gona (1942).

This plaque commemorates the two Anglican missionaries who were killed by the Japanese in 1942. Text on the plaque reads:

"May Hayman & Mavis Parkins who faithfully worked for the benefit of the people of the Gona area and finally gave their lives to the cause of Christianity witness, August 1942."

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Source

• Text: Kaj Metz
• Photos: TracesOfWar.com
• Pacific Wrecks