RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-03-12. A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE INSPECTED THE JAPANESE ...

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Accession Number 099909
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-03-12. A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE INSPECTED THE JAPANESE DESTROYER YUZUKI FOLLOWING OVERCROWDING ALLEGATIONS BY THE AUSTRALIAN PRESS. THE SHIP EMBARKED 1005 INTERNEES AT SYDNEY FROM CAMPS IN VICTORIA AND NEW SOUTH WALES. THE COMMITTEE MOVED TO RABAUL BY AIR, THEIR ARRIVAL COINCIDING WITH THAT OF THE YUZUKI. AFTER INSPECTION THE 212 WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE DISEMBARKED AND STAGED IN A CAMP UNTIL EVACUATED BY A JAPANESE HOSPITAL SHIP SOME DAYS LATER. SHOWN, MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 8 MILITARY DISTRICT, WITH THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE, NAMELY: MR JUSTICE SIMPSON, MR A. CURLEWIS, BARRISTER, MAJOR GENERAL F.CALLAGHAN, DIRECTOR, COMMONWEALTH INVESTIGATION SERVICE, MR LIU WEI-PING, VICE CONSUL FOR CHINA, AND MR G.P. MAHONEY, FEDERAL CROWN SOLICITOR'S OFFICE.