MOROTAI. 1945-09-26. THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE A. J. MANSFIELD, JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF ...

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Accession Number 116766
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MOROTAI. 1945-09-26. THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE A. J. MANSFIELD, JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA AND MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN WAR CRIMES COMMISSION, WENT TO MOROTAI TO COLLECT EVIDENCE FROM RELEASED PRISONERS OF WAR FOR USE BY THE COMMISSION. SHOWN, A LINE UP OF SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS WITH THE JUDGE AND HIS STAFF, MR A. R. MCDONALD AND CAPTAIN K. R. TOWNLEY, LEGAL OFFICER, ADVANCED LAND HEADQUARTERS, IN FRONT OF THEM. IKEUCHI, COMMISSIONER FOR THE TAN TOEY PRISONER OF WAR CAMP WAS IDENTIFIED BY SAPPER H. D. GOODWIN, AN EX-PRISONER OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE.