Takizawa Seita

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'Cholera Block' of a makeshift hospital set up in tents at Konyu 2 POW Camp (later known as Malayan Hamlet) on the Burma-Siam railway, where H Force POWs were imprisoned. The white article on the left is a dead cholera victim awaiting burial, and in the foreground are blankets returned for re-use after a burial. The photograph is number 9 in a series marketed by the Far East Picture Company and originating from material used in the Rabaul War Crimes Trials, taken July 1943. Image donated by H. Clarke, provided courtesy of James Bunning, Australian War Memorial.

DATE OF CRIMES

Between November 1942 and August 1943

LOCATION OF CRIMES

Burma-Siam Railway (present-day Thailand): Wan Lung, Matona and Conquita Camps

DATE OF TRIAL

11, 13 November 1946

LOCATION OF TRIAL

Changi, Singapore

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Case Summary

Accused was a platoon commander in the 3rd Railway Company, 9th Railway Regiment. He was charged with the inhumane treatment of British POWs, including forcing sick men to work, allowing them to be kicked and beaten, and on one occasion, refusing to allow them to have their mid-day meal.

For more information see:

http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/efff16/

http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/44648c/

http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/fd0e3b/

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