| Places | |
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| Accession Number | 122775 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-03. WARRANT OFFICER 1 STICPEWICH, 8TH DIVISION ARMY ...
Description
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-03. WARRANT OFFICER 1 STICPEWICH, 8TH DIVISION ARMY SERVICE CORPS WHO WAS ONE OF THE PROSECUTION WITNESSES AT THE FIRST SITTING OF A WAR CRIMES MILITARY COURT IN BORNEO. ONE OF THE SIX SURVIVORS OF THE SANDAKAN TO RANAU DEATH MARCHES, STICPEWICH HAD ESCAPED FROM RANAU ON 1945-07-28 AND CONTACTED SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT (SRD) PERSONNEL 34 MILES AWAY. HE KNEW THE ACCUSED, SERGEANT MAJOR TSURUO SUGINO, OF THE BORNEO PRISONER OF WAR AND INTERNEE GUARD UNIT, FROM SANDAKAN PRISON CAMP AND TOLD THE COURT SUGINO HAD BEEN NICKNAMED "THE JERSEY BULL". (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT F. A. C. BURKE)