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Prisoner of War (POW) identification photograph of Lieutenant Commander (Lt Cmdr) Suzuki Naoomi, Japanese Imperial Navy, POW number 282001, Commander Japanese Forces on Ocean Island. Lt Cmdr Suzuki surrendered, with 515 troops, to Brigadier J. R. Stevenson, Commander 11th Infantry Brigade, on 1 October 1945. He was transferred to Torokina on board the Nauru with 500 other troops, and then placed in a War Criminal Compound on Faro Island. In January 1946 he was sent to Rabaul and in April was tried for murder of locals on Ocean Island. On 27 April 1946 he was convicted of murder and sentenced to death by hanging.
OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-10-01. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NAOOMI SUZUKI, COMMANDER JAPANESE FORCES ON OCEAN ISLAND, SURRENDERED TO BRIGADIER J.R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN A SURRENDER CEREMONY
OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-10-01. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NAOOMI SUZUKI, COMMANDER JAPANESE FORCES ON OCEAN ISLAND, SURRENDERED TO BRIGADIER J.R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN A SURRENDER CEREMONY
OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NAOOMI SUZUKI, COMMANDER JAPANESE FORCES ON OCEAN ISLAND, SURRENDERED TO BRIGADIER J.R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN A SURRENDER CEREMONY
OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NAOOMI SUZUKI, COMMANDER JAPANESE FORCES ON OCEAN ISLAND, SURRENDERED TO BRIGADIER J.R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN A SURRENDER CEREMONY
OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-10-01. GROUP OF PETTY OFFICERS OF HMAS DIAMANTINA. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AFTER THE SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA WHEN LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NAOOMI SUZUKI, COMMANDER JAPAN
OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-10-01. GROUP PORTRAIT OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY, HMAS DIAMANTINA, AFTER THE SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA WHEN LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NAOOMI SUZUKI, COMMANDER JAPANESE FO
