Record revealed
Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
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Series
War Office: South East Asia Command, War Crimes Branch: Record Cards
Catalogue reference: WO 357
What's it about?
WO 357
This series contains a collection of record cards which record progress in war crimes investigations and prosecutions by the War Crimes Branch, South East Asia Command. The investigations cover the following topics: war crimes in the Far East;...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WO 357
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: South East Asia Command, War Crimes Branch: Record Cards
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Date (When the record was created)
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1945-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a collection of record cards which record progress in war crimes investigations and prosecutions by the War Crimes Branch, South East Asia Command.
The investigations cover the following topics: war crimes in the Far East; the assessment of evidence; the dispersal and disposal of suspects; the progress and outcome of trials; details of sentences; and the prison records of convicted people.
The cards include the names of Japanese tried, executed and imprisoned as well as those who could not be interrogated or tried because they had died. There is a separate series of cards covering Australian cases (piece 3).
With few exceptions, these cards are not of any use as indexes to other records.
Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm .
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related index cards of the Judge Advocate General's Office, Military Deputy's Department, concerning war crimes in South East Asia during the Second World War, see WO 356
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- War Office, Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Forces, 1935-1948
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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5 card(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available in digital format only
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14561/
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