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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 THE ONLY TRIALS OF THIS TYPE HELD ON AUSTRALIAN SOIL.
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
EMERY POINT, DARWIN, NT. 1946-03-01. CAPTAIN GOTO, JAPANESE ARMY, READING CHARGES OF WAR CRIMES TO THE DEFENDANTS STANDING IN THE BODY OF THE COURT. THIS WAS THE ONLY GROUP OF JAPANESE PRISONERS TO HA
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
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
DARWIN, NT. 1946-02-26. VX41104 CAPTAIN W. SMITH, 12/40TH BATTALION, WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE WAR CRIMES COURT AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND CONTROL OF THE JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR COMPOUND
