Morotai trials

C1 - Murder APW - Schaefer at Tantui PW Camp

M42
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  1. HONJI/MATAGI
  2. KUROKAWA/EIZO
JAG Report:
M42JAG.pdf (245.13 KB)

C2 - Murder of 4 APWs - Wadham, Morrison, Simpson, Solomon at Tantui PW Camp

M39
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  1. HARA/YOSHINDO
  2. KAKINUMA/MORIO
  3. KAWAHARA/KIYOMUNE
  4. SHONO/SHOICHI
  5. UEDA/KOSEI
  6. YOSHIZAKI/KIYOSATO
JAG Report:
M39JAG.pdf (342.19 KB)

C3 - Murder of 4 RAAF airmen - Scott, King, Wallace, Wright at Tantui PW camp

M43
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  1. KATAYAMA/HIDEO
  2. TAKAHASHI/TOYOJI
  3. UEMURA/SHIGEO
JAG Report:
M43JAG.pdf (416.08 KB)

C4 - Murder of APW - Boyce at Tantui PW Camp

M41
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  1. ICHISE/SHINICHI
  2. SHIROZU/WADAMI
  3. MIYAZAKI/YOSHIO
  4. SHIMAKAWA/MASAICHI
  5. TANAKA/SHOICHI
  6. KAKUDA/IWAO
JAG Report:
M41JAG.pdf (906.28 KB)

C5 - Murder of APW - Williams

M23
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  1. KATO/KIHACHIRO
JAG Report:
M23JAG.pdf (161.51 KB)

C6 - Mistreatment of APWs at Tantui PW Camp

M44
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  1. HAYASHI/Mitsuoshi
  2. IKEBATA/HISHASHI
  3. IKEDA/CHOKICHI
  4. KAGAWA/HARUO
  5. KAWAZUKI/TAISUKE
  6. KUWABARA/MASUJI
  7. OKI/KIICHI
  8. SHIBATA/SHIGENOBU
  9. YOSHINO/ISAMU
JAG Report:
M44JAG.pdf (380.59 KB)
M45
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  1. AMESHIMA/HISANORI
  2. AOKI/FUMIO
  3. ARITA/SEIKICHI
  4. ASAO/YOSHITERU
  5. EISHO/MINORU
  6. FUJIKI/KENZO
  7. FUJIWARA/KAMEICHI
  8. FUJIWARA/YOICHIRO
  9. HARAGUCHI/AIZO
  10. HARAGUCHI/MASAICHI
  11. HAYASHI/TOYOICHI
  12. HIGA/HIROHIDO
  13. HIGUCHI/ICHIO
  14. HIMENO/TOKIFUKU
  15. HISATSUGI/HISAO
  16. HIWAKI/TASUSHI
  17. HYODO/NAOYOSHI
  18. IKEDA/HIROJI
  19. IKEDA/CHIKARA
  20. IKEUCHI/MASAKIYO
  21. IRIBE/ENZO
  22. IWAMOTO/MASATOSHI
  23. KAKUDA/IWAO (2)
  24. KATJIWARA/TSUGIO
  25. KAWAMURA/MASUMI
  26. KAWANO/ISAMU
  27. KAWATA/SHIGEO
  28. KAZUKI/KIYOSHI
  29. KIMURA/MICHINITO
  30. KIMURA/MICHINORI
  31. KITAYAMA/MINOKICHI
  32. KONDO/MICHITAKA
  33. KOYANAGI/TOMOTAU
  34. KUDO/KINJIRO
  35. KUGE/KAZUYOSHI
  36. KUROKI/CHYOJI
  37. MAEDA/YUKIO
  38. MANABE/SADAO
  39. MATSUDA/MASAO
  40. MATSUKAWA/KIYOSHI
  41. MATSUMOTO/AKIO
  42. MIFUNE/MASAMOTO
  43. MIYAZAKI/YOSHIO (2)
  44. MURATA/SANEMI
  45. NAGASATO/AIZO
  46. NAGATANI/TAKEJI
  47. NAKAMURA/KESANORI
  48. NAKAMURA/RYOSUKE
  49. NORIMATSU/TOSHITSUGU
  50. OHIGASHI/HIDEO
  51. ONISHI/SUEJI
  52. OSAKI/KENICHI
  53. SANO/SEIICHI
  54. SARUWATARI/HITOSHI
  55. SHONO/SHOICHI (2)
  56. SHIMAKAWA/MASAICHI (2)
  57. SHIMOKAWA/HAYAO
  58. SHIMPO/TETSUO
  59. SHIROZU/WADAMI (2)
  60. SONODA/TSUNAYUKI
  61. SUEHIRO/MASAJIRO
  62. TAKAYAMA/SHIGEO
  63. TAKEGAWA/SADAJI
  64. TAKEUCHI/NICHIO
  65. TANAKA/MASASHI
  66. TANAKA/SHOICHI (2)
  67. TESHIBA/KENJI
  68. TOKUDOME/KAZUO
  69. TORII/YASUHARU
  70. TOYANAGA/TAKSAKI
  71. UCHIKAWA/TOKIO
  72. UCHIKURA/YOSHIO
  73. URUI/TOSHIO
  74. UTSONOMIYA/ISAMU
  75. YAMAMOTO/TATSUO
  76. YAMAMOTO/HISAO
  77. YASUNOBU/HISAO
  78. YONECKA/TOKUO
  79. YOSHIDA/OTAKICHI
  80. YOSHIZAKI/KIYOSATO (2)
JAG Report:

C7 - Torture of RAAF airman - Stevenson

M34
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  1. MURAKAMI/HIROSHI
JAG Report:
M34JAG.pdf (231.03 KB)

C10 - Murder of RAAF airman - Orgill, C12 - Murder of 3 RAAF airmen - Hann, Walters, King, C8 - Murder of 2 RAAF airmen - Hutton and Lockyer

M38
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  1. ENDO/SHINICHI
JAG Report:
M38JAG.pdf (211.97 KB)
M38
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  1. ENDO/SHINICHI
JAG Report:
M38JAG.pdf (211.97 KB)
M38
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  1. ENDO/SHINICHI
JAG Report:
M38JAG.pdf (211.97 KB)

C8 - Murder of 2 RAAF airmen - Hutton and Lockyer

M27
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  1. HONDO/KAZUMA
  2. OKADA/TOMIYOSHI
JAG Report:
M27JAG.pdf (222.14 KB)
M32
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  1. MORIMOTO/KIYOMITSU
JAG Report:
M32JAG.pdf (136.67 KB)

C9 - Murder of 3 RAAF airmen - Packham, Jones and Benson

M15
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  1. ODAMURA/TOSHITAKE
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M31
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  1. ICHIHASHI/SHIGEO
  2. SASAKURA/RINJI
  3. SOMA/TAKESABURO
JAG Report:
M31JAG.pdf (245.33 KB)

C10 - Murder of RAAF airman - Orgill

M29
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  1. BABA/HIDETOSHI
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C11 - Murder of two RAAF airman - McGuigan and Hill

M14
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  1. YUNOMURA/FUMIWO
JAG Report:
M14JAG.pdf (281.87 KB)
M20
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  1. HAMANAKA/KYOHO
  2. TAKASAKI/MASIMITSU
JAG Report:
M20JAG.pdf (289.08 KB)
M40
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  1. KATAGIRI/TAMEYOSHI
JAG Report:
M40JAG.pdf (169.93 KB)

C12 - Murder of 3 RAAF airmen - Hann, Walters, King

M6
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  1. ASAOKA/TOSHIO
  2. OICHI/TUICHI
  3. SUZUKI/ASAMA
JAG Report:
M6JAG.pdf (446.82 KB)
M7
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  1. FUJISAKI/MASEO
  2. TANAKA/SEIZO
JAG Report:
M7JAG.pdf (608.84 KB)
M8
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  1. MISUMI/MICHIAKI
  2. GOTO/SIATARO
JAG Report:
M8JAG.pdf (569.62 KB)
M9
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  1. IWASA/TOKIO
JAG Report:
M9JAG.pdf (496.83 KB)
M10
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  1. TAMURA/TOSHIO
  2. KOBA/SHIGERU
JAG Report:
M10JAG.pdf (412.47 KB)
M12
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  1. NOMURA/KOICHI
  2. UCHINO/SEIZO
  3. YABE/TOKUHIRA
JAG Report:
M12JAG.pdf (587.26 KB)
M13
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  1. TANAKA/TAKCO
JAG Report:
M13JAG.pdf (475.36 KB)
M26
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  1. KOMURA/TAKEWO
JAG Report:
M26JAG.pdf (388.21 KB)