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History of the military training camp at Featherston during the First World War

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.

Video about Featherston military camp

A Mah Jong set and box handmade by Japanese prisoners of war at the Featherston POW camp during the Second World War.

The devastating effect of the influenza pandemic on men in military camps.

Forty-eight Japanese POWs and one guard were killed in the riot. News of the incident was kept quiet until 1945 for fear of retribution against Allied prisoners in Japanese camps.

Featherston soldiers cemetery war memorial obelisk and war memorial wall.