| Place | Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Ambon, Pulau, Ambon |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P11152.007 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
RAAF Photographer |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | c 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Portrait of 410337 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Maurice Anthony Graham, 2 Squadron RAAF. Flt Sgt ...
Description
Portrait of 410337 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Maurice Anthony Graham, 2 Squadron RAAF. Flt Sgt Graham, a presser from Geelong, Victoria, enlisted on 6 December 1941. On or about the 9th of September he was captured by the Japanese after the 2 Squadron Lockheed Hudson in which he was a Wireless-Airgunner (WAG) was shot down near the Tanimbar Islands, west of Timor. It was subsequently determined that he was executed by the Japanese on Ambon Island on 31 October 1943. One of a series of images used by Allied prosecutors during the war crimes trials of Japanese charged with the murder of Australian pilots. The prints were produced in some numbers and used by investigative units in in South East Asia trying to locate the graves of missing RAAF pilots and aircrew. Initially showed to local natives and to Japanese prisoners of war, some were later produced in court as evidence during the trials of Japanese POW charged with the men's murder.