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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 THE CASE OF SERGEANT MAJOR TSURUO SUGINO OF THE BORNEO PRISONER OF WAR AND INTERNEE GUARD UNIT. HE WAS CHARGED WITH "HAVING CAUSED TO BE KILLED FORTY SIX AUSTRALIAN, BRITISH AND INDIAN PRISONERS OF WAR (SURVIVORS FROM LABUAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP) AT MIRI ON 1945-06-10. THE JUDGE ADVOCATE, LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. MAXWELL-HALL, FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF BRITISH NORTH BORNEO AND CURRENTLY ATTACHED TO THE BRITISH BORNEO CIVIL AFFAIRS UNIT (BBCAU), READING THE CHARGE AGAINST SUGINO. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT F. A. C. BURKE)
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
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 THE CASE OF SERGEANT MAJOR TSU
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
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-03. AUSTRALIAN COURT OFFICIALS INCLUDING THE PROSECUTOR NX15837 CAPTAIN R. BRERETON, OF THE 9TH DIVISION LEGAL BRANCH, AND DEFENDING OFFICERS INCLUDING COLONEL
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 THE CASE OF SERGEANT MAJOR TSU
The first sitting of a War Crimes Military Court in Borneo was held at 9th Division Headquarters on 3rd December 1945 and concerned the case of Sergeant Major Tsurguo Sugino of the Borneo Prisoner of
