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DARWIN, NT. 1946-03-01. CORPORAL NAKAJIMA, THE FIRST PRISONER OF WAR TO FACE THE COURT DURING THE WAR CRIMES TRIALS, SIGNS THE COURT OATH. ALL JAPANESE WITNESSES WERE REQUIRED TO READ AND SIGN AN OATH USED IN JAPANESE COURTS. PRISONERS WHO PRACTISED THE CHRISTIAN FAITH WERE ALSO REQUIRED TO SWEAR AN OATH ON THE BIBLE.
DARWIN, NT. 1946-03-01. CORPORAL NAKAJIMA, THE FIRST PRISONER OF WAR TO FACE THE COURT DURING THE WAR CRIMES TRIALS, GIVES EVIDENCE IN ENGLISH. SERGEANT G. L. MAITLAND (NSW), A NINETEEN YEARS OLD COUR
Darwin, NT. 1946-03-01. Japanese soldiers on trial in the war crimes court for suspected war crimes make notes while charges are read during the trials.
Darwin, NT. 1946-03-01. Japanese soldiers on trial in the war crimes court for suspected war crimes make notes while charges are read during the trials, while an AIF soldier sits and guards them.
DARWIN, NT. 1946-03-01. CAPTAIN W. COLE, DEFENDING OFFICER (STANDING AT LEFT) CROSS EXAMINES CORPORAL NAKAJIMA, AN ENGLISH SPEAKING JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR, DURING THE WAR CRIMES TRIALS HELD AT EMERY
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 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
