RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-12-05. SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS WERE ROUNDED UP AND DETAINED IN ...

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Accession Number 099243
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-12-05. SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS WERE ROUNDED UP AND DETAINED IN A COMPOUND IN HQ 11 DIVISION AREA AND DETAINED IN A COMPOUND AT HQ 11 DIVISION AND GUARDED BY TROOPS OF NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION. SHOWN, FOUR JAPANESE PRISONERS BEING MARCHED INTO THE COMPOUND, LED BY A FIELD SECURITY OFFICER, TO BE SEARCHED BY PROVOSTS.