| Places | |
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| Accession Number | 120203 |
| 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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MAOE MERE, FLORES, LESSER SUNDAS. 1945-10-23. SUNFORCE. THE JAPANESE ON THIS ISLAND DID NOT TREAT ...
Description
MAOE MERE, FLORES, LESSER SUNDAS. 1945-10-23. SUNFORCE. THE JAPANESE ON THIS ISLAND DID NOT TREAT THE NATIVES AT ALL BADLY. THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT A GREAT PERCENTAGE OF THEM WERE CHRISTIANS AND THE CATHOLIC BISHOP OF FLORES MADE REPRESENTATIONS TO THEM TO TREAT THE NATIVES WELL. HOWEVER THERE WERE SOME ISOLATED CASES OF UNNECESSARY CRUELTY AND THE JAPANESE RESPONSIBLE WERE ARRESTED AND FLOWN TO KOEPANG FOR TRIAL. SERGEANT J. E. BAIN (QLD) WHO HAS SERVED THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA THROUGHOUT THE WAR, IS KEPT VERY BUSY TYPING OUT RECORDS OF INTERROGATIONS AND CONFERENCES. (PHOTOGRAPHER K. DAVIS)