RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-12-05. SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS WERE ROUNDED UP AND DETAINED IN ...

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Accession Number 099246
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-12-05. SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS WERE ROUNDED UP AND DETAINED IN A COMPOUND IN HQ 11 DIVISION AREA AND DETAINED IN A COMPOUND AT HQ 11 DIVISION AND GUARDED BY TROOPS OF NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION. SHOWN, SERGEANT R.R. GAMBLE, PROVOST SERGEANT, EXAMINING THE PILE OF ARTICLES TAKEN FROM THE JAPANESE PRISONERS. THESE INCLUDE GLASS BOTTLES, RAZOR BLADES, MIRRORS AND CORDS.