Air Itam - World War II Memorial Park - Penang, Malaysia.
N 05° 24.337 E 100° 16.958
47N E 642105 N 597651
The Penang Overseas Chinese Anti-War Memorial Park - A memorial to the Chinese people of Penang who died under the Japanese Occupation in World War II. Beneath this memorial are the remains of 800 souls. Located at Air Itam, Penang, Malaysia.
Waymark Code: WMVW9T
Location: Malaysia
Date Posted: 06/03/2017
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Air Itam - A small park that is dedicated to the fallen of World War II. The area around the Overseas Chinese Anti-War Memorial Park was upgraded into the Air Itam War Memorial Park with the installation of interpretive plaque and other memorial features.
"The Overseas Chinese Anti-War Memorial Park - Located at the Air Itam Roundabout in Air Itam, is a memorial to the Chinese people of Penang who died under the Japanese Occupation in World War II. The whitewashed obelisk especially commemorates the over 700 who were buried nearby. They consist of martyrs who joined the anti-Japanese resistance movement in China in the 1930s and 40s, mainly Chinese machinery workers from Penang, as well as victims of Japanese atrocities during the occupation.
The Overseas Chinese Anti-War Memorial Park commemorates the many who loss their lives under Japanese atrocities during the Second World War. Buried under the memorial are the remains of some 800 incomplete skeletons exhumed from various sites, among them Coombe Hill in Gelugor, Thean Teik Estate, Vale of Tempe and Batu Ferringhi. The remains were cremated and the ashes, in sixty-six bags, were then buried beneath the memorial." Text Source: (
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