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EMERY POINT, DARWIN, NT. 1946-02-27. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR BEHIND THE BARBED WIRE FENCE OF THEIR COMPOUND. THESE MEN WERE TO BE TRIED FOR WAR CRIMES IN WHAT WERE THE ONLY TRIALS OF THIS TYPE HELD ON AUSTRALIAN SOIL. THE PRISONERS WERE CHARGED WITH WAR CRIMES COMMITTED ON TIMOR AND THROUGHOUT THE LESSER SUNDAS ISLANDS.
EMERY POINT, DARWIN, NT. 1946-02-27. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR CHARGED WITH WAR CRIMES COMMITTED ON TIMOR AND THE LESSER SUNDAS ISLANDS WERE TRIED AT DARWIN. CAPTAIN W. COLE, DEFENDING OFFICER (SECOND
EMERY POINT, DARWIN, NT. 1946-02-27. NX193171 PRIVATE R. H. JARDINE, 12/40TH BATTALION, SURVEYING THE JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR COMPOUND FROM A LOOKOUT TOWER. THE COMPOUND HOUSED PRISONERS ABOUT TO FAC
EMERY POINT, DARWIN, NT. 1946-03-04. MAJOR GENERAL TANAKA STANDING OUTSIDE HIS TENT IN THE PRISONER OF WAR COMPOUND. HE WAS ABOUT TO ANSWER CHARGES AT THE DARWIN WAR CRIMES TRIALS. TANAKA IS ALSO WANT
EMERY POINT, DARWIN, NT. 1946-02-27. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR LINED UP IN FRONT OF THEIR BEDDING IN THE PRISONER OF WAR COMPOUND. THESE MEN WERE ABOUT TO FACE COURT MARTIAL ON WAR CRIMES CHARGES IN T
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, C
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 A
