HUGHES, Frank Neville John
Australian War Memorial Collection,
Accession Number E000369
- Australian War Memorial
Source
- 2
Total Reels
- Michael Carrel
Interviewer
- 01:37:38
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 2
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- 2 Aug 2003
Recording Date
- 01:08:32
Running Time
- MP3
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Synopsis
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Sypnosis of reel 1 to 2:
Hughes speaks of his role on the team investigating Japanese crimes committed against the Australians during the Second World War.
How he got to be posted to the Australian War Crimes Section. What the organization did and comprised of. Accommodation available for the headquarters at Goodwood Park Hotel. Relying on the British for equipment. Basis of which to try the Japanese for war crimes. Studying the affidavits of the war. Difficulties in identifying the Japanese perpetrators. Purpose of forming the tribunal. Difficulties in preparing for the trials. Japanese committing suicide in prison. Cooperation from Japanese prisoners. Interpreters were Japanese. Living conditions in Singapore after the war. Prisoners’ living condition in Changi during the war. Execution of Australian prisoners. Progression of the war trials. Little interest in Australia about the trials. Reflecting on his experience working for the war trial. Concealing the details of war crimes.
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