122768 Accession Number: 122768

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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-03. THE FIRST SITTING OF A WAR CRIMES MILITARY COURT IN BORNEO WAS HELD AT 9TH DIVISION HEADQUARTERS ON 1945-12-03 AND CONCERNED CASE OF SERGEANT MAJOR TSURUO SUGINO OF THE BORNEO PRISONER OF WAR AND INTERNEE GUARD UNIT WAS CHARGED WITH "HAVING CAUSED TO BE KILLED 46 AUSTRALIAN, BRITISH AND INDIAN PRISONERS OF WAR (SURVIVORS FROM LABUAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP) AT MIRI ON 1945-06-10. HE IS SHOWN STANDING BETWEEN TWO AUSTRALIAN PROVOST CORPS GUARDS AS HE FACES THE COURT. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT F. A. C. BURKE)

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122768
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Photograph
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Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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