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MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-12-18. CONTRASTING WITH THE WAY AUSTRALIANS SPENT THEIR CHRISTMAS STANDOWNS IS THIS SCENE SHOWN IN THE SPECIAL COMPOUND, WHICH HOUSES THOSE JAPANESE WHO HAVE BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH AT WAR CRIMINAL TRIALS FOR ORDERING THE EXECUTION OF THREE AUSTRALIAN RAAF AIRMEN AT BEO IN THE TALAUD ISLANDS. PLAYING CARDS WHILE AWAITING THE RESULT OF THEIR APPEAL ARE LIEUTENANT (LT) YUNOMURA, LT TANAKA, CAPTAIN MISUMI AND LT NOMURA. CHRISTMAS DAY RATIONS AND WORKING SCHEDULES FOR THE JAPANESE WAS NO DIFFERENT TO THOSE OF ANY OTHER DAY.
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-12-18. CONTRASTING WITH THE WAY AUSTRALIANS SPENT THEIR CHRISTMAS STANDOWNS IS THIS SCENE SHOWN IN THE SPECIAL COMPOUND, WHICH HOUSES THOSE JA
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-12-25. SENTENCED TO DEATH AT WAR CRIMINAL TRIALS FOR THE ORDERING OF THE EXECUTION OF RAAF AIRMEN AT BEO IN THE TALAUD ISLANDS, THESE JAPANESE
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-12-18. SENTENCED TO DEATH AT WAR CRIMINAL TRIALS FOR ORDERING THE EXECUTION OF THREE MEMBERS OF THE RAAF WHO HAD BEEN MADE PRISONERS OF WAR (P
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-12-18. BEHIND BARBED WIRE IN THEIR SPECIAL ENCLOSURE, SERGEANT UCHINO AND PRIVATE TANAKA SPEND PART OF CHRISTMAS DAY WASHING OUT THEIR CLOTHES
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-12-18. BEHIND BARBED WIRE IN THEIR SPECIAL ENCLOSURE, SERGEANT UCHINO AND PRIVATE TANAKA SPEND PART OF CHRISTMAS DAY WASHING OUT THEIR CLOTHES
AT SEA, TALAUD GROUP 1945-11-03. LEFT TO RIGHT: FIRST LIEUTENANT (1ST LT) NOMURA, 1ST LT YABE, 1ST LT MISUMI, 1ST LT TANAKA, CAPTAIN IWASA AND 2ND LT ASOAKA ABOARD HMAS JUNEE EN ROUTE TO THE PRISONER
