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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 MOROTAI TO AWAIT TRIAL FOR WAR CRIMES. THESE MEN WERE DETAILED BY THE OFFICERS APPEARING IN PHOTOGRAPH 122609 TO CARRY OUT THE EXECUTIONS OF ALLIED AIRMEN WHO HAD BEEN CAPTURED IN THE TALAUD ISLANDS IN 1945. THE FIFTH MAN WAS DETAILED BECAUSE ONE OF THE AIRMEN WAS STILL ALIVE AFTER THE EXECUTIONS WERE CARRIED OUT BY BAYONET. (PHOTOGRAPHER SUB LT PIXLEY RANVR)
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. 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
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
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-12-18. BEHIND BARBED WIRE IN THEIR SPECIAL ENCLOSURE, SERGEANT UCHINO AND PRIVATE TANAKA SPEND PART OF CHRISTMAS DAY WASHING OUT THEIR CLOTHES
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-12-18. BEHIND BARBED WIRE IN THEIR SPECIAL ENCLOSURE, SERGEANT UCHINO AND PRIVATE TANAKA SPEND PART OF CHRISTMAS DAY WASHING OUT THEIR CLOTHES
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
