Events In History
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25 February 194349 killed in Featherston POW incidentForty-eight Japanese POWs and one guard were shot dead. The incident was hushed up until 1945 for fear of retribution against Allied prisoners in Japanese camps. Read more...
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Featherston camp
History of the military training camp at Featherston during the First World War
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Page 2 – Featherston camp death register 1915–19
A transcript of the Featherston Camp death register from the First World War
Featherston incident
Two kilometres north of the quiet little Wairarapa town of Featherston a small memorial garden marks the site of a riot that resulted in the deaths of 48 Japanese prisoners of war and one guard.
- Page 1 - Incident at FeatherstonTwo kilometres north of the quiet little Wairarapa town of Featherston a small memorial garden marks the site of a riot that resulted in the deaths of 48 Japanese prisoners of war
Township at the southern gateway to Wairarapa, 34 km south-west of Masterton at the foot of the Rimutaka Range. The town’s initial development was hindered by high land prices, but after the railway came through in the 1870s it became an important service town.
