March 8, 1942 saw two Finley soldiers executed by Japanese rivals in New Guinea in what has been described as a war crime. Now 75 years to the day their hometown has honoured them with a memorial service.

Anthony Bunn
Updated March 8 2017 - 4:57pm, first published 12:03pm

TWO soldiers, fatally shot in the back in a massacre in World War II, have been commemorated.

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Anthony Bunn

Anthony Bunn

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