440747
- TitleHitoshi Imamura - Extracts from The Tenor of My Life' : an autobiography
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- Call numberPMB 569
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Type of material
- Reference code440747
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : PMB 569
- Physical Descriptionmicrofilm reel 35 mm
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
During the Second World War, Imamura Hitoshi was Japanese Army group commander with headquarters in Rabaul. His area of command included New Guinea and Bougainville. After the war, he was held responsible by the Australian military authorities for acts of brutality against Indian and Chinese personnel within his area of command. He was also tried and acquitted by a Dutch court in respect of actions that occurred within his area of command in the Netherlands East Indies - Scope and ContentAn English translation of parts of Imamura's autobiography. The extracts include Imamura's account of his career in Indonesia and elsewhere before he took up his post in Rabaul
- General note
PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 569
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of original held by Rijksinstituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, Prins Hendriklaan 28, Amsterdam-Z, Netherlands - Creator/Author/Artist
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