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VJ Day - Memorial Parade Poole Park
VJ Day - Memorial Parade Poole Park

Thu, 15 Aug

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Burma Star Memorial

VJ Day - Memorial Parade Poole Park

Join Branch Members Remember those who served in WW2 in the Far East This event is conducted by Poole Branch RBL with attending associations and members of the Poole Charter Trust.

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Time & Location

15 Aug 2024, 10:30 – 11:30

Burma Star Memorial, Poole Pk, Poole, UK

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About the event

The Burma Star Memorial is opposite the Poole War Memorial in Poole Park.

VJ Day honours the recipients of the Burma Star Medal and all those who served in the Far East on operations that were conducted in and around:

British Burma, Australian-administered New Guinea and Papua, and the islands of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).

Military units and formations in Burma in World War II

  • 142 Commando Chindits
  • Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom)
  • IV Corps (United Kingdom)
  • Twelfth Army (United Kingdom)
  • XV Corps (British India)
  • XV Corps (India)
  • XXXIII Corps (British India)
  • XXXIV Corps (British India)

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