Statistics
Table A: Statistics - Australian war crimes trials1
Table compiled in AG Coordination, Army Headquarters, 1958 - MP742, A336/1/29 2
| Place | Trials | Accused Tried | Accused Convicted | Accused Acquitted | Death | Imprisonment | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanging | Shooting | Life | 25 yrs | 11-24 yrs | 10 yrs | Under 10 yrs | |||||
| Labuan (3/12/45 - 31/1/46) | 163 | 145 | 128 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 5 | - | 56 | 38 | 22 |
| Wewak (30/11 - 11/12/45) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Morotai4 (29/11/45 - 28/2/46) | 25 | 148 | 81 | 675 | - | 25 | - | - | 10 | 7 | 39 |
| Rabaul6 (12/12/45 - 6/8/47) | 188 | 390 | 266 | 124 | 84 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 22 | 98 |
| Darwin (1/3 - 29/4/46) | 3 | 22 | 10 | 12 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 8 |
| Singapore (26/6/46 - 11/6/47) | 23 | 62 | 51 | 11 | 18 | - | 6 | - | 10 | 3 | 14 |
| Hong Kong (24/11/47 - 25/11/48) | 13 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 5 | - | 4 | - | 12 | 3 | 14 |
| Manus Is (5/6/50 - 9/4/51) | 26 | 113 | 69 | 44 | 5 | - | 16 | - | 17 | 6 | 25 |
| Total | 2967 | 9248 | 644 | 2809 | 114 | 34 | 39 | 2 | 154 | 80 | 223 |
Footnotes
1 These figures incorporate the variations made to the findings and sentences by the confirming authority.
2 This Table reproduced as in the original except for the addition of trial dates and explanatory footnotes
3 The figure 16 would appear to be a clerical error. The register from which the Table was compiled shows 145 accused tried at Labuan in 15 trials.
4 Included here is trial of SHIROZU Wadami and 90 others (M45) which began at Ambon 2-18 January 1946 and ended at Morotai 25 January to 15 February 1946. The figures for that trial are: Accused 91, Not Guilty 55, Convicted 34 (Shooting 4, 11-34 years 5, 10 years 2, under 10 years 25).
5 According to the Register from which this Table was compiled, this figure should be 66.
6 The trials at Rabaul took place over three periods: 12 December 1945-31 July 1946 (R1-167); 7 December 1946-23 January 1947 (R168-R170); and 3 April 1947-6 August 1947 (R172-R188).
7 This figure does not include 5 trials (either aborted before a finding was made or where the finding of guilty was not confirmed) where the same accused were subsequently retried on the same charges: (i) YAMAMOTO Shoichi and 11 others, Labuan 23-28 January 1946 (M36), not confirmed, retried at Rabaul 20-27 May 1946 (R125); (ii) NEGISHI Kazue, Rabaul 12-13 February 1946 (unnumbered), aborted, retried 21-22 May 1947 (R178); (iii) SATO Jin, Rabaul, 25-26 April 1946 (unnumbered), aborted, retried Hong Kong 3-8 December 1948 (JK12); (iv) HAYASHI Eishun, Singapore 25 June 1946 (S2), not confirmed, retried 10-12 March 1947 (S27); (v) NAGATOMO Yoshitada and 14 others, Singapore 24-31 July 1946 (unnumbered), aborted, retried 8 August-16 September 1946 (S12).
8 As some were defendants in more than one trial, the total number of persons tried was 814 (not 924). For this and the additional reason that 2 condemned men died in custody, the total number executed was 137 (not 148).
9 According to the registers from which this Table was compiled, this figure comprises: (i) 253 found not guilty by the court - Labaun 17, Wewak 1, Morotai 65 (incl. Ambon 55), Darwin 12, Rabaul 102, Singapore 10, Hong Kong 3, Manus 43; (ii) 26 whose convictions were not confirmed - Morotai 1, Rabaul 22, Singapore 1, Hong Kong 1, Manus 1.