125906 Accession Number: 125906

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EMERY POINT, DARWIN, NT. 1946-03-01. MEMBERS OF THE COURT MARTIAL CONVENED TO TRY JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR CHARGED WITH WAR CRIMES. LEFT TO RIGHT: MAJOR D. F. FIELD, MEMBER; MAJOR G. J. RUSE, JUDGE ADVOCATE; LIEUTENANT COLONEL ARNOLD BROWN, PRESIDENT; AND CAPTAIN W. A. SMITH, MEMBER. THIS WAS THE ONLY OCCASION WAR CRIMES TRIALS HAD BEEN HELD ON AUSTRALIAN SOIL.

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Accession Number
125906
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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