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AT SEA, TALAUD GROUP. 1945-11-03. FIRST LIEUTENANT (1ST LT) TALESHI MATSUSAKI ABOARD HMAS JUNEE. UPON RECEIVING A VERBAL ORDER FROM COLONEL KOBA, JAPANESE COMMANDER IN THE TALAUD ISLANDS, THROUGH HIS SECOND IN COMMAND, MAJOR TAMURA, 1ST LT MATSUSAKI EXECUTED AN ALLIED AIRMAN. THE AIRMAN WAS BEHEADED WITH A SWORD ON 1945-06-10 AT RAINIS ON KARAKELLANG ISLAND. MATSUSAKI CONFESSED TO THE CRIME AND WAS BEING SENT TO THE MOROTAI PRISONER OF WAR COMPOUND TO AWAIT TRIAL FOR WAR CRIMES.
AT SEA, TALAUD GROUP 1945-11-03. COLONEL SHIGERIE KOBA, JAPANESE COMMANDER IN THE TALAUD ISLANDS, ABOARD HMAS JUNEE. IT IS ALLEGED THAT HE RECEIVED AN ORDER FROM THE JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS IN MENADO TO
AT SEA, TALAUD GROUP 1945-11-03. LEFT TO RIGHT: FIRST LIEUTENANT (1ST LT) NOMURA, 1ST LT YABE, 1ST LT MISUMI, 1ST LT TANAKA, CAPTAIN IWASA AND 2ND LT ASOAKA ABOARD HMAS JUNEE EN ROUTE TO THE PRISONER
AT SEA, TALAUD GROUP 1945-11-03. LEFT TO RIGHT: SERGEANT UCHINO, SUPERIOR PRIVATE (SUP PTE) TANAKA, SUP PTE GATO, PTE SUZUKI AND PTE OISHI ABOARD HMAS JUNEE EN ROUTE TO THE PRISONER OF WAR COMPOUND AT
KARAKELLANG, TALAUD GROUP, 1945-10-30. COLONEL KOBA, JAPANESE COMMANDER IN THE TALAUD ISLANDS, AND HIS ADJUTANT IN CONFERENCE WITH OFFICERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CONTACT TEAM ABOARD HMAS JUNEE. THE AUSTRA
KARAKELLANG, TALAUD GROUP, 1945-10-30. THE AUSTRALIAN CONTACT TEAM SENT TO ESTABLISH ALLIED CONTROL AND INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE WAR CRIMES WERE WELCOMED ON THE BEACH BY THIS GROUP OF NATIVES. (PHOTOGRAPH
Rear Admiral (Rear Adm) Tamura Ryukichi, seated in the witness box, undergoing cross-examination during the Kavieng Massacre war crime trial at the No 1 Australian War Crimes Court, Kowloon. The court
