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MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-12. THE DEFENDING OFFICER CAPTAIN (CAPT) F. LYNCH TAKES UP THE CASE FOR THE TWO ACCUSED DURING THE WAR CRIMINAL TRIALS OF BARON TAKASAKI (COMMANDER IN JAPANESE NAVY AND A BA DEGREE FROM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY) AND REAR ADMIRAL HAMANAKA. THEY ARE ACCUSED OF ORDERING THE EXECUTION OF TWO PRISONERS OF WAR (POWS), A MEMBER OF THE RAAF AND A MEMBER OF THE RAN, ON 1945-06-19 NEAR MENADO, NORTHERN CELEBES. LEFT TO RIGHT: MEMBER OF COURT, FLIGHT LIEUTENANT D. HEALY OF SYDNEY, NSW; CAPT F. LYNCH, DEFENDING OFFICER; BARON TAKASAKI; STAFF SERGEANT J. P. WRIGHT, INTERPRETER AND REAR ADMIRAL HAMANAKA.
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-11. IN THE WAR CRIMINALS TRIAL COURT ROOM CAPTAIN (CAPT) F. LYNCH (DEFENDING OFFICER FOR JAPANESE ACCUSED, BARON TAKASAKI AND REAR ADMIRAL
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-11. IN THE WAR CRIMINALS TRIAL COURT ROOM CAPTAIN (CAPT) M. TINDALE, INTERPRETER, QUESTIONS LIEUTENANT YUNOMURA DURING THE TRIAL OF BARON T
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-11. THE ARROGANT CAMBRIDGE EDUCATED BARON TAKASAKI, FACES THE COURT WHILE BEING EXAMINED AS A WITNESS DURING THE WAR CRIMINALS TRIAL. TAKAS
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-11. BARON TAKASAKI, A COMMANDER IN THE JAPANESE NAVY TAKING A CHRISTIAN OATH (HE WAS EDUCATED AT CAMBRIDGE) BEFORE THE COURT, PRIOR TO BEIN
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-11. BARON TAKASAKI AND REAR ADMIRAL HAMANAKA LEAVING THE COURT WHERE THEY ARE ON TRIAL AS WAR CRIMINALS FOR THE ALLEGED ORDERING OF THE EXE
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-12. BARON TAKASAKI (BA CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY) AND REAR ADMIRAL HAMANAKA, ESCORTED BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. COURTNEY AND CAPTAIN D. M. O'FARR
