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Trials

Table B: Australian war crimes trials (classified by victim)

Trials in Which Convictions Obtained
Trials in Which No Convictions Obtained

    Venue Total TRIALS Grand Total
    WEWAK MOROTAI LABUAN RABAUL DARWIN SINGAPORE HONG KONG MANUS      
CIVILIANS Natives 1     22 3     2 1 1 25 5 30
Local Chinese       12 5         12 5 17
Caucasians       3 1     2   5 1 6
ALLIED SERVICEMEN Australian (including, in some cases, other) POW Burma/Siam (Trial S7 includes Indo-China)           18 1 3 3 24 1 25
Borneo     15 4 2       1 19 3 22
Ambon   5   3       3 11 11
Timor & Halmahera   1     2     6 1 8 2 10
Java           2     2 2
At Sea           1     1 1
N.Britain               1 1 1
Malaya               1 1 1
Hainan Is             1   1 1
ALLIED SERVICEMEN U.K. POW N.Britain       2         2 2
At Sea             1   1 1
ALLIED SERVICEMEN Indian POW N.Britain & N.Guinea       66 34         66 34 100
ALLIED SERVICEMEN Chinese POW N.Britain, N.Guinea & Bougainville       20 2         20 2 22
ALLIED SERVICEMEN Indonesian POW N.Britain & Bougainville       2         2 2
ALLIED SERVICEMEN Crashed Aircrew   16 2   1 2   1 3 3 24 4 28
Infiltration Parties   1   2 1     4 1 8 1 9
Cannibalism 1     2         1 2 3
Mutilation of the Dead               1 1 1
Total   1 1 22 3 15 137 51 3 22 1 12 1 23 3 235 60 295

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