LABUAN, BORNEO. 1946-01. SERGEANT J. MANN, INTERPRETER, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER ...

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Accession Number 133911
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Horner, Arthur Wakefield
Conflict Period 1940-1949
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LABUAN, BORNEO. 1946-01. SERGEANT J. MANN, INTERPRETER, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SECTION, TALKS WITH JAPANESE DEFENCE COUNSEL OUTSIDE THE COURT DURING THE TRIAL OF CAPTAIN SUSIMI HOSHIJIMA, JAPANESE COMMANDANT OF THE PRISONER OF WAR (POW) CAMP AT SANDAKAN, BORNEO, AS A WAR CRIMINAL. THE TRIAL WAS HELD AT HEADQUARTERS 9TH DIVISION. THE CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED ARISE OUT OF HIS CONDUCT OF THE POW CAMP, AND HIS CULPABILITY IN THE INFAMOUS RANAU "DEATH MARCHES".