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BAKOENASEE, TIMOR 1945-10-11. TIMFORCE. CAPTAIN R. HILMER SMITH WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE ATROCITY INVESTIGATIONS ON TIMOR. HE IS ASSISTED BY DR GABLER, SERGEANT MAJOR G. BRANDES, NETHERLANDS INDIES ARMY, AND 2ND SERGEANT BIRE OF THE NETHERLANDS INDIES CIVIL ADMINISTRATION (NICA) POLICE. THESE THREE DID MUCH TO ASSIST AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AND HARASS THE JAPANESE DURING THEIR OCCUPATION OF TIMOR. THE NATIVE IN THE FOREGROUND IS BEING INTERROGATED IN CONNECTION WITH AN ATROCITY CASE. SEATED AT THE TABLE AND LEFT TO RIGHT, ARE ADJUTANT DE BREE (NICA), CAPTAIN R. HILMER- SMITH, CORPORAL D. D. MUNRO AMF, AND CORPORAL A. LUMANGKUN, (NICA). (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. B. DAVIS)
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