MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-11. IN THE WAR CRIMINALS TRIAL COURT ...

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Accession Number OG3701
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-11. IN THE WAR CRIMINALS TRIAL COURT ROOM CAPTAIN M. TINDALE, INTERPRETER, QUESTIONS LIEUTENANT YUNOMURA DURING THE TRIAL OF BARON TAKASAKI (COMMANDER IN THE JAPANESE NAVY) AND REAR ADMIRAL HAMANAKA. THE ACCUSED ARE ALLEGED TO HAVE ORDERED THE EXECUTION OF TWO PRISONERS OF WAR (POWS), ONE A MEMBER OF THE RAAF AND THE OTHER A MEMBER OF THE RAN, NEAR MENADO, NORTHERN CELEBES, 1945-06-19. IN THE BACKGROUND FROM RIGHT TO LEFT ARE LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. COURTNEY, REAR ADMIRAL HAMANAKA, LIEUTENANT K. DONOHOE (INTERPRETER) AND BARON TAKASAKI.