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MOROTAI, BORNEO 1945-11-30. "A" BRANCH ADVANCE HEADQUARTERS AMF. THE TRIALS OF SOME JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR SUSPECTED OF INVOLVEMENT IN ATROCITIES WERE CONDUCTED AT MOROTAI. THE PRISONERS HAD BEEN BROUGHT FROM OUTLYING ISLANDS IN THE AREA. CAPTAIN TOKIO IWASA, OF 211 REGIMENT 32ND DIVISION JAPANESE ARMY, STANDS AND FACES THE COURT AS THE FINDING OF GUILTY AS CHARGED (SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY HIGHER AUTHORITY) IS PRONOUNCED. THE COURT ORDERED THAT HE BE KEPT UNDER CLOSE ARREST UNTIL HE IS BROUGHT BEFORE IT AGAIN TO BE SENTENCED. IWASA WAS ACCUSED OF ORDERING THE EXECUTION OF AN AUSTRALIAN AIRMAN ON TALAUD ISLAND. SEE ALSO PHOTOGRAPHS 119423-119430.
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Staff Sergeant Ronald Leslie Stewart
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Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
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Copyright expired - public domain
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