Members of the Japanese War Criminals Construction Unit digging and shovelling as they prepare ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands, Manus, Manus Island, HMAS Tarangau
Accession Number 306748
Collection type Photograph
Object type 5x7", Black & white, Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Physical description 5x7", Black & white, Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Place made Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands, Manus, Manus Island
Date made c 1948
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Members of the Japanese War Criminals Construction Unit digging and shovelling as they prepare the foundations to build a store house at the RAN War Criminal Compound at an RAN shore base HMAS Tarangau where the prisoners are held. A member of the Royal Papuan Constabulary and a member of RAN supervise the prisoners. Work on this RAN base commenced in August 1948. It was commissioned as HMAS Seeadler on 1 January 1950 and recommissioned as HMAS Tarangau on 1 April 1950. The name was transferred from the decommissioned RAN Base at Dreger Harbour, New Guinea. (Navy Historical Collection)