Proposed site for Brunei Memorial, Pantai Muara, code name 'Green Beach'
Memorial to Australian Operations in 1945, Green Beach, Brunei
On Sunday 10 June 1945 Australian forces, with cooperation from the people of Brunei, successfully led the Allied liberation of Brunei. Landing on the Brunei Peninsula at Pantai Muara and Muara Island, this operation was part of the larger liberation campaign of Japanese occupied Borneo.
Following a Veteran Mission to Brunei to mark the 60th anniversary of the Australian landings in 2005, the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs rekindled interest in building a memorial, recalling the Australian role in liberating Brunei from Japanese occupation during the Second World War.
Conceived as a permanent memorial, erected to mark the landings and the role of Australian and to commemorate the cooperation with the people of Brunei, the planned Memorial will be situated at Pantai Muara and is designed to be simple and sympathetic to its setting.
The Memorial, designed by Hewitt Pender Associates, also includes two information panels explaining the contribution of Australians to the liberation of Brunei and the wider context of the Borneo liberation campaign.
Major General Paul Stevens AO, Director Office of Australian War Graves at the memorial site