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Photograph 125963 Second World War, 1939-1945DARWIN, NT. 1946-03-01. CAPTAIN R. G. PITCHER, PROSECUTING OFFICER, ADDRESSES THE COURT DURING THE WAR CRIMES TRIALS HELD AT EMERY POINT.
125904 Accession Number: 125904
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EMERY POINT, DARWIN, NT. 1946-03-01. CAPTAIN G. R. PITCHER, PROSECUTING OFFICER (STANDING), ADDRESSING THE COURT DURING THE TRIAL OF JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR CHARGED WITH WAR CRIMES. HIS ASSISTANT, CAPTAIN R. V. SAUNDERS, IS SEATED TO HIS LEFT. THIS WAS THE ONLY OCCASION JAPANESE PRISONERS WERE TRIED ON AUSTRALIAN SOIL.
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