LABUAN, BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. 1945-10-24. THE BODY OF COLONEL AIKYO, FORMER COMMANDER OF THE ...

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Accession Number 118693
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Donaldson, Robert Eric
Place made Malaysia: Labuan
Date made October 24 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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LABUAN, BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. 1945-10-24. THE BODY OF COLONEL AIKYO, FORMER COMMANDER OF THE JAPANESE MIRI GARRISON, WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE DURING THE NIGHT OF 23 OCTOBER 1945, AT LABUAN PRISONER OF WAR COMPOUND, OF WHICH HE WAS AN INMATE. COLONEL AIKYO HANGED HIMSELF IN HIS TENT, USING A PIECE OF WIRE WHICH HAD BEEN USED TO FASTEN THE TENT FLAP AND A PILE OF FOLDED BLANKETS TO GIVE HIM EXTRA WEIGHT. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN EARLY ON MORNING OF 24TH OCTOBER 1945. THE BODY HAD BEEN CUT DOWN EARLIER BUT WAS RESTORED AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION. COLONEL AIKYO WAS THE JAPANESE COMMANDER WHO SURRENDERED TO BRIGADIER WINDEYER AT KUALA BELAIT, SARAWAK. (PHOTOGRAPH BY CAPT A. SMITH, DEPUTY ASSISTANT PROVOST MARSHAL, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION)

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