It covers an approximate area of 333 acres of land and is the final resting place of many notable pioneers in Malaysia.
These men and women, known collectively as the Nanyang Volunteers, served from February to September 1939.
[2] Occupying 10,000 square feet, this memorial site is a mass grave of those killed during the Japanese occupation.
Members of the Kuala Lumpur Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall's World War II society were planning a monument before coming across the existing one.
Beginning in 1995, an annual ceremony has been held at the monument on 11 January to commemorate the fall of Kuala Lumpur to Japanese forces (except from 2021-2023).