| Item title: | Statement of Sub-Lieutenant HAYASHI Mitsuyoshi regarding the execution of POWs in Ambon |
| Title (romaji): | Furyo no shokei ni kansuru chinjutsusho |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 2/336) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | AWM 82 captured Japanese documents |
| AJRP sub-series: | Post-surrender Rabaul material received from HQ 8 Military District |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM 82 2/336 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 2/- Post-surrender material received from HQ 8 Military District (Rabaul) |
| Item: | 2/336 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 6 pages, handwritten in ink |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Administrative document |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 24/11/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Post-war (related to WW2) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, WAR CRIMES, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | 1st Special Naval Landing Party |
| Names: | HAYASHI Mitsuyoshi, Sub-Lt; KOBAYASHI Akira, Lt Cdr |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Laha [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), Moluccas (Maluku), Ambon (Amboina)] Ambon (Amboina) [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), Moluccas (Maluku)] Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] |
| Content: | This item is a statement of Sub-Lieutenant HAYASHI regarding an alleged execution of POWs in Laha. HAYASHI was on a supply ship and was in the Ambon area in February and March 1942. He states that he had heard a rumour about the execution of POWs by crew members of a mine sweeper, although he himself had never seen POWs while he was in Laha. He states that according to rumours POWs were executed at a jetty in Laha. Names or the number of suspects are not mentioned in the document. He insists that all he had heard was rumour and denies any involvement in matters related to the treatment of POWs. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Statement of Sub-Lieutenant HAYASHI Mitsuyoshi regarding the execution of POWs in Ambon |
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| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | HAYASHI Mitsuyoshi, Sub-Lt; KOBAYASHI Akira, Lt Cdr |
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| Sender (kanji): |  |
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| Japanese unit names: | 1st Special Naval Landing Party |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dai 1 Tokubetsu Rikusentai |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Rabaul Area |
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Other information | |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:06:15 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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