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

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, THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSING THEIR FINDINGS FOR SUBMISSION TO THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT.