The memorial is a plaque, arranged by Dr Ross Bastiaan, mounted on a rock close to the site of the POW camp, adjacent to the original burial site of two POW escapees close to Dong Fang City.

On October 25th 1942, the Taiko Maru was used to transport 267 Australian and Dutch prisoners, captured by the Japanese while defending Ambon, to a POW camp to work as slave labour on Hainan Island. Conditions on Hainan Island were primitive and barbaric, and at the end of the war, only 182 were alive.

Darwin and Hainan Island are 'sister cities' and on 14 September 2003 two sister commemorative plaques were laid in honour of the men and women who suffered in captivity at the hands of the Japanese in World War II on Hainan Island. The dedication ceremony took place on Hainan Island with a Mayoral delegation, including a Gull Force survivor, travelling from Darwin to take part in the ceremony.

The Australian plaque was laid in Bicentennial Park, Darwin, Northern Territory of Australia on 5 July 2003. The dedication service was conducted in accordance with military ceremony and consideration of respective cultural tradition.

The 'Gull Force Memorial' was built and paid for by Darwin City Council.

Lao Ou, China.

The Memorial is located in the old city of Basuo, now known as Dongfang County, in Western Hainan Province, China, in the village of Lao Ou