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Defendant: Watari Sakon. Defendant: Terui Yuji. Defendant: Shirai Yutaka. Defendant:...
Catalogue reference: WO 235/981
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This record is about the Defendant: Watari Sakon. Defendant: Terui Yuji. Defendant: Shirai Yutaka. Defendant:... dating from 1946 Dec. 20-1947 May 4 in the series Judge Advocate General's Office: War Crimes Case Files, Second World War. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 235/981
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946 Dec. 20-1947 May 4
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Description (What the record is about)
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Defendant: Watari Sakon.
Defendant: Terui Yuji.
Defendant: Shirai Yutaka.
Defendant: Hayakawa Tetsuzo.
Defendant: Nagase Shigeru.
Defendant: Morikawa Masao.
Defendant: Asao Tadashi.
Defendant: Kanye Koji.
Defendant: Hiruta Katsuyuki.
Place of Trial: Singapore.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Case No. 169
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4408388/
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WO 235
Judge Advocate General's Office: War Crimes Case Files, Second World War
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