P00634.005 Accession Number: P00634.005

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Japanese Sergeant Seiichi Okada, at identification parade to enable prisoners of war (POWs) to identify war criminals. Okada was charged with forcing sick POWs to work at Hintok - Konyu during 1943 along the Burma-Thailand railway and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment. Also known as "Doctor Death", he was responsible for many POW deaths in the Konyu area, while he was a medical corporal and sergeant.

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Accession Number
P00634.005
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
September 1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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