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The memorial garden marks the site of a riot that resulted in the deaths of 48 Japanese prisoners of war and one guard on 25 February 1943.
Steve Watters, 2006
'Memorial to Japanese POWs at Featherston ', URL: https://nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/featherston-incident-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 15-Jul-2013
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