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David Conde fonds
International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Prosecution documents and exhibits
Conde, David W.
Ex .1589A-1608A. Treatment of prisoners of war in Hong Hong (21 items) Ex .1609A-1622A. Treatment of prisoners of war on the Andaman Islands (14 items) Ex.1623-1625A. Treatment of prisoners of war on Hainan Island (3 items)
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Doc. Ho. 2753 TUL-r- c. 2 i rose cut ion Document No, 5°p'5 B, being the statement of Mrs. Andrei Levings, a V.A.D. at St. Stephens Hospital, is no"; offered for identification. The marlced excerpts are offered in evidence. The statement set out that during the night of 25 December 1941 a 7.:_.!)• wasraped by Japanese soldiers and teo Sisters of the Terri- torial ,.»rmy Nursing Service were raped on three «ccasions during the same night. Doc. So. 2753 Order J'o. j Prosecution Document No. 5089 H being the statement of Sister A. F. Gordon, Territorial Army Nursing Service on the staff of St. Stephens College Hospital is now offered for identification. The marked excerpts are offered in evidence. The statement describes how she was raped by three Japanese soldiers one after the other on two occasions during the night of 25 December 194-1 and that another nursing sister underwent a similar experience. D-iC. Ho. ̂ 755 Order ro. L Prosecution Document No. 5089 E being the statement of Sgt. H. Peasegood, RAIJC, a member of the staff of St. Stephen'£ College Hospital is now offered for identification. The marked excerpts are offered in evidence. This statement sets out that the bodies of three VAD's of the Hospital staff were found by him in the grounds of the hospital and he identifies them as Mrs. Begg, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Buxton. Doc. So. 2753 A . ,T -Order -No . 5 ;> - , e Frosecution Document Ko. 50^9 F being the statement of Sgt. J. K. Anderson, RAiC, a member of the staff of St. Stephen's College Hospital is now offered for identification. The marked excerpts are offered in evidence. The statement sets out that St. John's ambulance men were murdered and that the bodies of Lt. Col. Black and Capt. Witney, RAISE, were found in the hospital bayonetted or cut with swords. The bodies of the three missing women were found cut to pieces, Ilrs. Bsgg's head was almost severed from the body. Altogether about 60 to 70 bodies of patients and 25 bodies of staff were collected and burned upon orders of the Japanese. Doc. Ho, 2753 Order No. 6 Prosecution Document Fo. 5100 "being the affidavit of Captain S. K. Banfill, ECMC is offered fer identification. Th- marked excerpts are offered in evidence. Thr affidavit states tnat the deponent had established p First Aid Post at the Salesian Mission and describes how EMC p-rsonnel from the ^irst Aid Post were lined up and shot, "fcen Cn'ot. Banfill protested about the shooting an English speaking Japanese told his they hp.d en order to kill all cputives. "here were two survivors 2/ Lieut. Osier Thomas HKVDC end Cpl Leath PMC. The deoanent saw the Japanese "bayonet wounded officers and sen and then shoot them to make sure that the-" were dead. Doc. IJO. 2753 Vder No. 7 j j Prosecution Document :To. ̂ 286 A Taping the affidavit of Cp.pt Osier Thomas H. S. 7. D. G. is of! r red for identifiertion. The marked cxcerots are offered in evidence. The affidavit states that the dp-oorient was serving as P. medical officer rider C~pt. Banfill at the Saleeian Mission Advanced Dressing Station. On 19 December the station surrendered and the male p-rsonnsl were led on to the main road and lined up on the pdge of a Mullah. Suddenly Jaoanese soldiers started to "bayonet the unsuspecting men from the rear admidst cheers from the enemy onlookers. Some who attempted to escape were shot. The deponent fell into the nullah as though shot and the bodies of two victims fell on him and he survived. Doc. Uo. 2.753 . c. . . . Order Nb. 8 Prosecution Document Fo. 5089 D "being the statement of Cpl. F. J. Lrath P.. A. K. C. attached to the Advanced Drpssing Station is now mp.rkod for identification. The marked axcorats are offered in evidence. The statement deseribps how Medical corps personnel surrendered , were searched and their valuables taken away from them. Thpy were marched off into a little valley when they were halted on the edge of a nullah. The party was lined up end shot or bayonnttfid in the "beck. Cpl. Le=t/ch was struck from "behind on the "back of the neck and "blood poured into his eyes, ears and mouth. The wounded were shot as they lay on the ground "but Ct>1. Leath lay still among the dead "bodies and survived. Doc. Eo. 2753 Order % . 9 Prosecution Document Fo. 5089 C being the statement of Sgt. ?. E. Cunningham, S. V.. C., attached to th- Advanced Dressing Station is now offered for identification. The marked excerpts pre offered in evidence. The statement sets out on 19th December St. John's ambulance bear nrs surrendered and although they were full"" dressed and wore Red Cross "brassards were killed "by the Japanese. Doc. Ho. 2753 Order No. 10 " re- prosecution Document Ko. 528? A being the affidavit of Martin Tso Him Chi, 5 AA Bty H.K.V.D.C., if offered for identification. The marked excerpts are offered in evidence. The affidavit states that after surrendering 25 men were ordered to leave the magazine and as each man passed the entrance he was bayonetted. The deponent,, who was bayonetted through the body, feigned death and survived. I'cc. AO. 2753 Order Nr. 11 Prosecution Document Wo. 5289 A being the affidavit of ^ i Brother Michael Hcgan of Maryknoll Mission, Stanley, Hong Kong, is offered for identification. The marked excerpts are offered in evidence. The affidavit states that on 25 December 194-1 six British officers, who had been captured, were bayonetted by Japanese soldiers. Doc. Ho. 2753 Order N0. 12 Prosecution Document No. 5101 being the affidavit of L/Sgt W. A. Hall of the Winnipeg Grenadiers is now offered for identification. The marked excerpts are offered in evidence. The affidavit states he was captured on the 19th December 1941. After surrender, while being marched down the road, three grenadiers were taken out of the ranks by- Japanese soldiers, one Pte. ̂ halen was shot and L/Cpl. Land and Pte. Osadchuk were bayonetted and appeared to die almost instantly. Doc. iTo. 2753 Order N 0 . 13 Prosecution Document Ho. 5288-A "being the affidavit of Col. L. T. Hide, officer commanding Hong Kong Pie Id iimbulance, is offered for identification. The marked excerpts are offered in evidence. The affidavit states that after the surrender the deponent was searching for wounded end found over 50 bodies, many of them with hands and feet tied. Many had bayonet stabs and sword wounds, mostly in their backs. Doc. So. 2753 Order % . 14 Prosecution Document. Wo, 5234-a "being the statement of let Lieutenant Tanaka, Kitoshi is offered for identification. The marked excerpts are offered in evidence. The statement sets out that Sergeant .Paine and the three oEhsr Canadians who escaped from Forth Point Camp in 1942 were recaptured when, in attempting to cross to the Zowloon side, their "beat capsized. They were taken to the Kai Tak Aerodrome, cut down with Fwerd&, stabbed with bayonets end shot. Doc. Eo. 2753 Order No . 15 Prosecution Document Ho. 5099 "being the afif.da.vit of Major R. D. Buck, R.--J..P. C., is now offered for identification. The marked excerpts are offered in evidence. The affidavit states in July 1942 at Shamr,huipo Camp pn escape tunnel was discoverel by the Japanese. Light British, other ranks we::e arrested anc". four v/ere r.ot returned to the nemp. In August 1945 the deponent sa-f a 11*t prepared by the Japanese in which these four British soldiers were named as having been killed by shooting. Prisoners of war were employed in repairing guns end in the enlargement of Kai Tak Aerodrome, im English artillery officer who protested was severely beaten. He saw the Roman Catholic pad-re, Captain Green, after he had been bea.ten and he was very seYfvrely knocked about. Doc. Ho. 2753 Order N 0 . 16 Prosecution Document Ho. 5093 being the affidavit of It. Col. George Trist, Winnipeg Grenadiers, is offered for identification. The narked excerpts are offered in evidence. The affidavit describes the inadequacy of the accommodations both at Sham Shui Po and Horth Point Camps. Khen asked to sign an affidavit that prisoners would not attempt to escrpe it was pointed out to the Japanese commandant that it was a. military duty to attempt to escape, whereupon the Commandant replied that the prisoners were no longer officers but were merely prisoners of war and that refusal to obey an order of the Japanese Army would have serious consequences. The affidavit describes the beating of officers including one who had complained to the visiting Representative of the Red Cross that the prisoners were being starved to death. The affidavit also states that Sgt. Paine and three other Canacians escaped from the camp on 20 August 1942. Doc. Ho. 2753 Order Nr. 17 Prosecution Document Ho. 5090 "being the affidavit of G-.M.S. (¥0 I V. J. Myatt, C.M.S.C., is offered for identification. The marked excerpts are offered in evidence. The affidavit states thpt sick men were forced to go on working pprties at Kai Tek airport end that a number of extremely sick men vrere actually carried to the work on stretchers in order to meet the exact number demanded. Doc. No. 2753 Order N©. 18 Prosecution Doc ment No. 5095» being the affidavit of Lt. Col. F. D. Field, Royal Artillery, is now offered for identification. The marked excerpts are offered in evidence= The affidavit states that at Shamshuipo Camp, which \ias chiefly for other ranks, there was a lack of medical facilities and a shortage of flood. Ixiny of the men were forced when very ill to go on working parties. In the autumn of 194^ diphtheria and dysentery broke out. The Japanese re- fused the sick men any medical attention with the result that about 200 died. In June or July 1943 Captain Douglas Ford, Royal Scots, and Flying Officer C. G. Grey, R.A.F., ^ere tortured, tried, and shot for attempting to escape. The prisoners were warned not to speak to' the Red Gross representative who visited the camp in August 1944t and Lieutenant B rnett was beaten for calling out to the representative that the prisoners *TBre starving. Doc. No. 2753 Order Nc . 19 Prosecution Document No„ 5096? being the affidavit of Captain the Rev. S. J. Green, M< f'To (H, C.)4 is notr offered for identification. The marked excerpts are offered in evidence. The affidavit states that in the autumn of 19^2 a severe epidemic of diphtheria broke out in Shamshuip Camp. The Japanese authority provided no medical attention or drugs, and although beds \7ere available in many esses the sick Here left on "the concrete floor and died, The deponent describes ho^ he ras severely beaten because he complained at the delay in the distribution of moneys made available by the Vatican for the benefit of the prisoners. Doc. Ho. 2753 Prosecution Document No» 5089A, being the affidavit of Lt. Col. C. C. Shackleton, R.A.M.C., is now offered for identification. The marked excerpts are offered in evidence. This affidavit states thst the deponent was Senior British Medical Officer at Hong Kong and com- manded Bo wen Road Hospital. He describes the medicines provided as grossly inadequate to cope with the diseases caused by malnutrition and such diseases as beri beri4 pelagra, and failing vision. The food supplied was on a starvation diet and Red Gross parcels were freely taken by the Japanese and consumed by them,, i t f o r ? , Doc. No. 5089 B / page 1 STATEMENT OF MRS ANDREY.--LEV INGE REGARDING EVENTS WHICH OCCURRED AT ST. STEPHENS COLLIDE, STANLEY, DURING THE PERIOD 2lith to 26th DECK/PER. 19U. f- "On the evening of December 24th the fighting came closer and closer and our troops and machine gunners seemed to fall back around the hospital. At 2 a.m. on the 25th I moved into the linen store with Miss Gordon, Mrs. Fidoe and the other four V.A.D. 's (Mrs Buxton, Smith, Simmons and Begg). At about dawn I heard strange grunting noises and shortly after- v.ards I saw several figures go pci st the open door. I went to the door with bare feet and hands raised above my head and was immediate- ly roughly pulled out by Japanese soldiers. Others, including Mrs. Fidoe, followed me and tley also were pulled out on the verandah. All the patients and staff v.ere then hustled into one of the store- rooms on the ground floor of the main building. In this room was a dead Orderly lying in a pool of blood and we were so crowded that there was no room either to lie or sit down. Here v.e remained over one hour before being removed to the Hall and ordered upstairs. Mrs Fidoe, whilst helping a patient, was struck by a Japanese soldier and at the top of the stairs another soldier hit everyone (including all the Sisters and V.A.D's) and removed whatever valuables they saw, tearing up three hundred dollars which I had in a bag around my neck. We vere now directed into separate rooms and I found myself with Lt. Col. MoCurdy, Captain Scotcher, Mrs Fidoe, S.M, Knightley and approximately 20 R.A.M.C. and patients, in a small room. Here we remained from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. without water although packets of biscuits and one tin of condensed milk were thrown into the room during this time-. A patient, Rfm Sweet, was bleeding profusely from a wound in the arm, having been shot downstairs a few minutes before coming up. At about 5 p.m. Mrs. Fidoe and I were removed from this ro^m and, in the corridor, joined up with Miss Gordon and Mrs Sirnrngjis. The four of us were taken to another small room at the end of the corridor where there were already four Chinese women (wives of Bri- tish soldiers). There v.ere two mattresses on the floor of this room. Very shortly four Japanese soldiers came and took away one of the Chinese women, who returned weeping after an interval of ten minutes or so. Another Chinese woman was taken shortly afterwards. I believe both these women were raped. Later the Japanese ordered the "four English women" to come with them to bandage wounded Japanese soldiers - and we were taken to a room at the other end of the corridor. This room was partially destroyed by shell fire, the smell was appaling, and in it were some mattresses covering up the dead bodies of red cross personnel. Mrs Simmons was first made to strip and later was taken away; after her return five minutes or so later Mrs Fidoe was taken away and brought back after ten minutes; Doc. No. 5089 B page 2 and on he? return Miss Gordon was removed. All returned weeping. J ubs not actually taken out of the room nor was any attempt made to rape me. Apparently at this stage the soldiers became alarmecT and, after consultation, took us back to the room from v;hich ire had come. The Chinese women had nor disappeared and re never saw them again. Several parties of tiro or three Japanese soldiers kept arriving and Miss Gordon and Mrs. Fidoe were tcken away. alternately and both raped twice. Miss Gordon, after the second occasion, v.as in a very collapsed condition and at her wits end ang Mrs, ifiaoe volunteered to take her place next time should it " btTnecessary. I noticed that the door was fixed v;ith a Yale lock and so closed it and fixed the lock. Other bodies of Japanese soldiers kept arriving throughout the night and tried to get in, but did not attempt to break open the door, end we r;ere thus left in comparative peace for the rest of the night. At daylight nest morning we wore taken downstairs and given chocolate and lemon squash. Fe were then ordered to clean the corridors, which were covered with blood and feathers. At 9 a.m. S.M. Begg asked us for news of "Jimaie" (his wife") and later a Japanese Officer informed him that the three missing women were dead. Mrs Fidoe and the Canadian Padre went and identified three bodies as those of Mrs. Smith, Begg and Buxton. later a dressing room was fitted up and all patients wounds were dressed. In the evening, about 6 p.m., a volunteer officer came from Stanley Fort and took Miss Gordon, Mrs Fidoe, Mrs Simmons and myself back with him to the Fort in an ambulance. (Signed) T. Andrews-Levinge J.K.V.O.C. N.D. I certify that this is a true copy of the original exhibit B legal Staff, Office of the Judge Advocate General. THIS I£ THE EXHIBIT MARKED "B" REFERRED TO IN Til AFFIDAVIT OF LIEUTENLNT-COIONEL CE1RIC WIRTON SEACKLITON ST70EN THIS ELEVENTH DAY OF EECBBIR 1945 BEFORE ME', (SIGNED) A.A.P. HUNT Captain legal Staff \ V Document No. 5089-H /0J ft STA.TEP'EFT OF SISTER ÎF-S \.F. GORDON, TERRI- TORIAL AB3ST TT r 3KF.7 I - f j ^ T » S E V B N T S THAT OCCUR" ED AT COLLEGE HOSPITAL DURING THE PERIOD 2 M to 26 th DSCEI3SR 1941, "On the evening of the 23rd December Mrs. Fidoe and I and all the v.A.Ds returned to the Sisters Quarters (Dr. Pone's house) to find that it had been taken over as the Headquarters of the Canadian troops. Lt. Col. Home, Royal Rifles of Canada, was surprised, to see us and advised to return to hospital. How- ever, we stayed there for the night and. returned at crack of dav/n. On the road down to the hospital I noticed that the whole route was trenched and occupied by trooDS with machine guns. Doer be-" 24th was a dr .acfvl day - we were shelled, machine gunned and dive bombed throughout. However we were so busy that I had no time to notice what actually was going on outside. Dr. Hackett arrived from the Prison Hospital with a view to taking our worst cases, eventually taking twelve, He also took with him Captains Lynch and "pence, Lt. Ashton-Rose, Dr. Balean and several orderlies. All staff remained in the hospital the nieht of December 24/25"th, I, Mrs. Fidoe and five V.A.Ds lay down in the Pack "tore of the hosnital (main building adjacent to the office). The noise was so terrific and the bombing so disturbing that we all returned to the main hall. Here there was complete chaos - everyone all bunched together in the darkness with Lt-Col. Black and Captain Witney. There was no further attempt at sleeping iat night. Just before dawn there was a terrific howl and shortly afterwards Japanese arrived in large numbers at the front entrance where T was standing with the V.A.Ds; the latter ran into the main building whilst I remained with the others in the main hall. Caotain Scotcher was pulled out and shortly afterwards he instructed me to come out and nut my hands above my head. They cook off my steel helmet and cracked me over the head with it, searched r.y pockets, took eff my red cross band and removed any valuabl s (watch) that I had. They shouted for everyone to coma out and everyone did ercept Sgt. Parkin, RA!'C, who attempted to run oast but was shot dead instantly. They gave me the impression that they did not think that this was a hospital - that it was more n"n the nature of a fortress. We were all marched in single file irco one of the adjacent class rooms, the patients also being brought in. Here we remained for an / Document No. 5039-H Page 2 hour or two, crowded and huddled together with no room to lie or sit down. One of our patients Linn Sweet, suffering from a wound in the back received anc'tiler wound in the left elbow and bled profusely. Several of car patients (between 50 and 60 I should imagine) were killed during the day. After two hours (about 9 a.m.) we were marched in single file upstairs - dead bodies and blood covered the stairs - and at the top landing several Japs hit us as ,,Te pasred. "re were then nut into differ class rooms, T goin~ into a small roof, with four TTs (rrs. Gmit T̂ -egg, Puxton_an;L - l m m ) "There there were five Chinese' women (wives of British soldiers), *e remained 'acre all day the Japan fixing up a machine gun cutsias our door, during the day soldier care in and threatened, to shocfc us, "e were given a tin of bull beef anc a tin of milk between rs- the Chinese women, who had more freedom, managing to got some watej t \ particularly bad lc of Japanese soldiers (five in all'1 came In -at 4,30 P*m. and re- moved "Trs. 'mith, Begg, and Buxton - these three never saw "agairu ~~6nc of tie cliUk, se •'.'.."Mfr Lg 'VS." "imroiTi" that they hac taken out the three V<\ps to kill them and that they would returr for us shortly - moreover they informed us that the Japanese in- tended killing all British (men and women) if ~:r0̂ G-KP*TG did not surrender that ey!ping~P If̂ 'f hour 1 ater several Japanese ordered us out and we joined up with ""rs. ndrew-Levinge and !'rs ĵr-qe and were taken to a room at the end of the corridor, one c the Japanese infO' ring us that "ong-"ong "new belong Japanese". "It was a clean room and there was a mattress and blanket on the floor for us and a similar one for the Chinese girls. F'3 minutes laterj-'e were orde"cd. by a J 'Paneae soldier, _ speaking ~̂ iglisla, to co'̂ e and PMv^gd ''waunciea janane.se soxdiersT They tc us to a room in a no,-trier par"! "01 ounaing cver_coking the ter court, where there were 5 dead bodies of red cross personnel, were made to sit down on theee bodies ''it was beginning to get dark about now). \ little later two soldiers removed * rs. I'idoc anc tr-ro T-annveri ne7 * i sol: oat be awatho1" j1 ooi., Wl"i-re tnere we two_dead bodies, and mace ik- elf all clones TrlrHst tSeT removed tneirSg_ h 19-,: .-I-.-: a? r̂e" S.iey a iraarentlyheeeme afra.i someone '-"iĵ rrrT"irr;irr' rr-.o.* r.-. mv o 1 orre.3 a-3m prd I wa£ r~eturnecT to the room "TMfTO - ^Imrana and, "rs. .ndrows-Leviage still v/ere^ rs. liVo-' 1 a j ai.ee 3 us almost inr ad lately in a weer in^"state and To ̂r r5- r*ri£ had '';«aii raped. e were all huTriea""" Itack |ntff or-} r .r .m, ,t .n -•-^^Erflfi^ig h-jjt the oninttSft girls who had bee-.;- trior e had now gore, " e "ere loft in peace fc fa short time only - faroe solaiars care ill and took rre to a smal adjacent bathroom, knocked me down and all raped r-'e, one after the other, and the:; lat me return, -dh:̂ . * idoe was then taken ar underwent a. simiLa.j experience, Both "rs. I :.c oa cx>5 I were take out a second time and raped as before, rrs. Simmons and "rs. Document No. 5089-K Page 3. Andrew Levinge remained untouched. We were all now very- desperate and discovering there was a Yale lock on the door we pulled it to, locking ourselves in. They returned several times during the night hut did not force an entrance. At 8 a.m. on the 26th two Officers and some troops ordered us downstairs where everyone was assembled. Here we were given a tin of bully beef each and some milk and were counted and checked. T̂ e four women were then detailed to sweep up all the feathers. Five Japanese officers later allocated rooms for patients and allowed Orderlies to get everything fixed up for the dress- ing of wounded. rTe were busy all morning doing dressings, the Japanese providing food. One of the Japanese officers asked Sgt. Major Begg to come and identify the bodies of three women to see if one were his wife. The Canadian Padre, with Sgt. Peasegood R.A.M.C., went out and identified them as the bodies of Mrsj Smith, Begg_and Buxton. Early in the afternoon a volunteer British officer (Cipt. Stoker) arrived from Stanley Fort with a patient and I asked him if he could possibly have us four women removed from St. Stephens. In the evening, about 6 p.m., the same officer arrived and said he would smuggle us out at once if we were :. rTe returned to Stanley Fort in the ambulance he had ed in". (signed) A. F. Gordon, Sister, T.A.N.S. THIS IS THE EXHIBIT MAKKED 'A1 REFERRED TO IN THE AFFIDAVIT 01' LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CEDRIC OVERTON SHACKLETON SWORN THIS ELEVENTH DAY OF DECE/'BER 194-5 BEFORE HE, (STC-NED) A.A.P. HUNT, Captain, Legal Staff. Doc. No. 5089Ji Page 1 * (See sheet 19 of Reprt). APPENDIX "F" The following r.ro extracts fron the reo^rts of the two under- mentioned. Senior N.C.O's, R.A.U.C., who were on the Staff of St. Stephens College Hospital, Stanley, prior to and at the tine or its capture. 1. Fo. 7259991 Sgt. H. PJ1ASEG00D statos:- "I was nested to St. Stephens College, Stanley, on the 18th of December and commenced to men up a nodical store and dispensary the same day. There was accommodation at this time for about 200 patients in the main hall and gallery of the college. The following day more patients and staff arrived, from the Military Hospital, Bowen Rd. At that time the College was in telephonic communication with the rest of the Island through the ordinary telephone system". "During the following few days patients, both British and Indian, were being received, from 7ong ITei Choong Gap, Tytam Reservior and. Shushcn Hill areas and members of the R.A.H.C. were drifting in from various evacuated, collecting posts." "I was informed by an Officer of the Royal Artillery at about 7 a.m. on the 19th December that the Japanese had. landed on the Island". "About the 24th December, to relieve congestion in the hospital, a number of the more seriously wounded patients were evacuated to Stanley Prison Hospital. A machine gune post was opened up about 100 yards from the hospital and later several new machine gun nests were placed even nearer to the hospital" "Our food suiT'ly was fairly good, at the time as we were getting supplies fr-T. the food dump on the Repulse Bay Read and. later fr-m Stanley Barracks. The water supoly until about the 22nd wa.c also good but about that date it was cut off and. we hid to - make use of the water loft in the tanks". "On the night the 24th December I heard an Officer shruting to our machine gun posts to stop firing as the Canadians were retreating and there was a lull for a short time. Then machine guns went into action from the College Hospital verandah and continued throughout the night". "About 6 a.m. on the 25th of December I was lying fully dressed on my bed. when I heard, a rifle shot in the room. I jumped, up and opened, the door to se>: a Japanese soldier with fixed, bayonet about to enter the room. He shouted out something in Japanese and I put my hands above 'fcy head and then he bundled me through the entrance hall to.the verandah where I saw several other Doc. No. 5089S Page 2 ? members of the staff with their orris raised. After an interval of perhaps half an hour, during which tine the remainder of the staff and the majority of the patients had "been gathered there, everybody was moved into the sane room fr-n which I had emerged and I saw the body of Serjeant Parkin, R.A.M.C., lying full length on the floor in a pool of blood. He appeared to be dead when I glanced at hiri. ™Je were kept in this room for about tw~ hours and then were all taken upstairs and, after receiving ~ne or two hits frm a stool helnet and swrd by the Japanese troops who wore waiting at the top, I was out into a room about 10' by 15' with approximately 90 other men, at least 30 of when had leg injuries and cculd not stand. Irmediatelv after a Japanese soldier cane and attacked those in reach with a leather strao, whilst another proceeded throw live ammunition about the room, hitting quite a number cf people including myself, fron which I received a slight head wound. Every tine a Japanese soldier appeared at the doorway we were all told to kneel down (which was quite impossible owing to the number of people crowded int" the room) and th~se neor the door who could not possibly conf^rn t~ this denand re- ceived. a hit fr-n a stra^ or rifle, whichever was at the nonent in the hand -f the Japanese concerned. As tine wore on and our position was becoming unbearable owing to the c--nr;esti"n several people fainted we did at last, after several appeals, manage to obtain a jug of water and each received about 2 ozs. (This was all we received during 'ur stay in that room until 9 p.n.). To crpe with the needs of nature during this long day neces- sitated the use of bots as urinals and later, people just had to relieve themselves -n the floir". "Ab-'Ut mid-day there was great activity in the adjoining rooms which sounded as if machine guns were being mounted and n̂e or two wolis seemed to be blown down. About 2 o.n. what sounded like a fresh bottle began in the grounds of the College and from accounts by the people near the window the Canadians were trying to recaoture the College. This battled lasted a considerable tine and it was at this stage that patients were being dragged ^ut fron our room, and screams could be heard and then a shot (The following norning I saw b dies of people taken fron the roon laying either on the stairs t in the cor- ridor). About 4 p.n., after several people had tried tz junp out of the window, we were told to close it." "Things quietened down about 4 p.m. and remained so until 9 p.n when the noise of the machine guns being dismantled c uld be heard. I also heard the word "surrender" cone from ->ne of the adjoining rooms. A few minutes later about 40 of us were moved to a store room and were •• iven water and cigarettes. v1q then made ourselves as comfortable as possible for the night Doc. No. 5089S Page 3 "The following morning a Japanese Officer fell the Staff in and detailed us off for various j-bs such as collecting the dead bodies, removing the blood fr-~n the stairs and corridors and piling rifles, stool helmets and respirators "ut in the grounds. L iter on in the morning I went with Sister Fidoe and the C-nadian P.dre, in the company ~f the Japanese.officer, to the rear -f the kitchen and in the bushes I saw"a pile of something covered with a blanket. I removed the corner "f the blanket and f und three bodies huddled together, these I identified- as Hrs. Beg;-, Mrs. Smith and Ilrs. Buxton, three of the V.A.D's of the hospital staff. I recovered the bodies and we all returned to the hospital". "We were allowed to collect drugs and dressings, etc, from the stores and a treatment roon was opened upstairs and patients allotted to ":ther upstairs r"ons". "The water situation was critical, there n~t being sufficient to allow anybody to wash f~r three days and the water ration for drinking was of a dark brown colour. The Japanese eventually allowed us to fetch sea^water for washing and cleaning -urnoses." "On the 30th D comber the f'ree at Stanley, minus a few R.AM.C. who remained to care for the wninded in the fort, were all marched into HONG EDHG as far as N' rth Point C-np where the.. K.A.H.C. and A.D. Corps personnel were told to board a lorry and we were brought to the Military Hospital, 3-owen Road". (Signed) H.PS:,SEG00D, S't. R. A •iC«C • THIS IS THE EXHIBIT MARKiD *E' REFERRED TO IN THE AFFIDAVIT OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CSDRIC OVERTON SHACKLETON DATED THIS ELEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBER 1945, BEFORE HE, (SIGNED) A.A.P. HUNT, Captain Legal Staff. DOC. 5089F Page 1 Excerpts, 2, No. 7262360 Set. J.H. AHDERSON, states "Towards mid-night on December 21\. machine gun and mortar fire increased and numerous machine gun posts were set up in the grounds of the hospital. Later on these posts actually used bales of hospital blankets and mattresses from the linen stores to build machine gun nests within six yards of the entrance to the hospital reception hall. Guns were also set up on the rising ground behind the cook-houSe ahd another within arms reach of the flag-pole carrying the Red Cross. The machine gun outside Brigade HQ, actually had to fire over the tcp of a large St,George Cross flag, (the only other Red Cross available) which had been hoisted over the end of the tennis courts. Firing and grenade fire increased until nearly dawn but it was too dangerous to go outside to see what the position was as the roads and verandahs were caught in a cross-fire. Just before dawn on December 25 British a*id Canadian forces dropped back without warning being given to the hcspital and the first sign cf capture was the arrival of four Japanese soldiers at the entrance to the hospital." "Lt-Col. Black and myself went out to meet them, followed by Capt. Witney, Cpl, Noble and Pte Mooncy, f̂ AMC, were already outside under guard. The two officers, after their equipment had been removed, were taken round the corner of the build- ing but the rest of us were lined up against the wall and hod our arm bands in- spected. One of the Japanese was sent back, apparently to report to some others wh< soon arrived,entered the main hall, and shepherded all the nurses and some of the patients out. As this was going on Sgt.Parkin,RAivE, who had been asleep in one of the rooms, made a dash for a window and was shot through the head. There were sounds of shouting and shooting as the Japanese ran down the main hall amongst the patients and any patients who were tor slow in getting up out of bed, or who could not move owing to rounds were bayoneted or shot. Some of the KKVDC tried to escape and others put up a bit of a struggle but they were mostly all bayoneted or shot. Tho St. John Ambulance Brigade men were all put in one room and systematically butchered, one only remained alive to tell us what happened. All staff and patients were first of all herded into one of the store rooms and later, as all survivors wore collected by the Japanese and daylight came, they were taken upstairs and put into tho small students dormitories. The romen were in one room with some Chinese girls." "86 patients and staff, including myself, rare in a room 9' by 12' 3". After threatening us with hand grenades and warning us not to escape the Japanese set up a machine gun in the passage outside. After numerous appeals one of the Japanese fetched us a large jug of water and some dry oatmeal. That was all the food &r drink offered to us until 10 p.m. During the day, at intervals, parties of Japanese camc along and peered in at us, on most of the occasions seizing one of tho men and dragging him out to the corridor. The bodies of 4 of these men were after'./ards found bayoneted and tortured, the sounds of this going on could be heard in the corridor. Up to about 7 p.m. we could still hear the women talking." "About 10 p.m. a junior officer arrived and allowed us to move out some of the walking wounded to other rooms, still leaving about 40 people to spend the night Sheet 3 cf APPENDIX "F" •f December 25/26th in the original small room, in which there was insufficient space to lie down properly. At our request the officer allowed us to bring up buckets of fire hydrant water but there was no sign of food and at no time from then onwards did the Japanese offer us any. S.M. Begg (a patient) whoso wife was a V.A.D. asked me to try and find out something about the ladies." "A3 soon as it was light on the morning of 26th December the Japanese collected all persons capable of walking and set them to cleaning up. They allowed myself and a patient to go down and get more water. During the cleaning up we found the bodies of the S.J.A.B. and H.K.V.D.C. Tho bodies of Lt-Col. Black and Capt.Wit- ney, RMC, rare found in tho staff lavatory and sitting room respectively, both had b;en searched and bayoneted or cut with swords. The bodies of three missing women were found in the grounds covered by a blanket. They had been cut to pieces - Mrs. Bogg's head was almost spvered from her body. It was not possible to make an examination of the bodies. , Altogether about 60 to 70 bodies of pa- tients and 25 bodies of staff were collected. Under orders from the Japanese a huge bonfire was built for tho burnirig of the bodies." DOC. 5089F Page 1 "In the afternoon of Boxing Day the Japanese told us we could have the whole of the top floor of the hospital east rang. This was occupied and as much medical material as possible was collectod. There was no medical officer left. Late that evening Lt-Col. Andrews-Levinge (*•—) arrived from Stanley with some of the H.K.V.D.C. and just before dark they returned with a small van and succeeded in smuggling the remaining ladies out to the fort. Also they promised to sond water and food the following day." "By Saturday 27th, the water situation was desperate. The Japs had left the building altogether and by disconnecting the hot-water cisterns it was possible to get enough water to last two days." "For some reason the promised supplies from Stanley had not arrived, probably going astray en route, tut enough food had been salvaged from the wrecked stores to give everyone something to eat." On the evening of the 29th a Japanese officcr offered us a lorry to take up to Stanloy fort with the remainder of the rounded patients. This was accepted and as much as could be carried was taken through to the Fort." "Most of the St.Stephens hospital RiiMC personnel were left at Stanley Fort and the remainder (12 O.R's) marched back to North Point Camp via Lyemun Gap, even- tually arriving.at Eowen Road." (Signed) J.H. ANDERSON, Sgt. RAMC. 15/7A2 ( ) (It has since been discovered that the officer was Captain STOKER and not Lt-Col. Andrews-Levinge). (indorsed on the margin of each page): THIS IS THE EXHIBIT NLREED »F' REFERRED TO IN THE AFFIDAVIT OF LIEUTEN..NT-COLONEL OEDRIC OVERTON SHAGKLETON SWORN THIS ELEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBER 1945 BEFORE ME, (SIGNED) A.A.P.HUNT, Captain Legal Staff. / •b Doc. No. 5100 Page 1 CANADA (In the natter of Canadian Privince of Quebec (Prisoners of War at Hong To Wit: (Kong and Vicinity. 7 . nQN& a#/V(L I, Stanley M Banfill, a Captain in the Hoyal Canadian Army Medical Corps, presently residing at 4-629 Kensington Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, make oath and say:- 1. I an a graduate in medicine and surgery of the Uni- versity of I"cGill having graduated in May, 1933. 2. In December, 1941, 1 was attached to the Royal Rifles of Canada and 0:1 active service in Hong Kong. I had established a First Aid Post at the Salesian Mission which was across the main highway from the military area of Lei Hun. '7e originally had a First Aid Post at Lei Nun, over- looked from Devil's Peak on the mainland which was con- sidered too dangerous and on 12 December 1941 we had moved across the road. This place was occupied by various Medical Services. There was a civilian First Aid Post under the Hong Kong Government, There was also the Central Military .Medical Stores for the Island with an RAMC Staff. The personnel on staff of the First Aid Pest established by me were E-30067 L/Cpl A C HARRISON, E-30552 Rfn R J OAKLEY, my batman, who also acted as a First Aid man, an RASC driver named KELLY and myself. Though the Post was marked with Red Crosses, neither the RAI'C personnel or my own had been able to obtain any Red Cross arm bands, none were being worn. The RAMC personnel had Red Cross Identification Cards, but the Royal Rifles personnel had none and neither did I. 3. On the evening of 18 December 1941, Major M T G MacAULAY of the Royal Rifles of Canada, who was in command of HQ Coy at Ty Tam, a personal friend of mine, came and advised me to evacuate the area. However, we had various reasons for not doing so, I had recommended a few days before that the FAP be moved and the Governor had repri- manded me for interfering nith a civilian organization. I should say that though the Post was supposed to lock after civilians in Sau Ki vran area, of which there were about 20,000, I do not suppose more than 15 were brought in during the entire time I was there, certainly very few. Major MacAULAY said he would come back the next day with transport to move us and stores from the area. This was the night of 18 December, 1941. The RAMC had picquets on the building facing the North, but apparently they noticed nothing un- usual happening during the night, I had a very troubled sleep due to heavy shelling and did not find out till after that the shelling was our own guns from Stanley on the south side of the Island, 4. About dawn we were awakened by two British officers being helped in. One was wounded, the other died almost immediately. Up to that time we had no patients except one wounded Chinese. The wounded British officer was shot through the chest quite badly and on questioning he stated he wished to be taken back to Lieut-Colonel M J HOME, RRC, at Ty Tam as he had very important information for him. He also made the request that I come down to where the Rajput First Aid Post was, abcut a mile and a half from my posi- tion, as there were a number of wounded there. I asked him Doc. No. 5100 Page 1 Doc. No. 5100 Page 1 about his wounds and he said he and his friend had been shot while attempting to get down the main road to Ty Tarn by Canadians.- He did not mention Japanese at all and as I knew the Canadians had been shooting recklessly down the road, it never occurred to me the people they were fighting were Japanese, I took this man, the wounded civilian and the dead man and put them in an ambulance together with three of my men, 2/Lieut Osier THOliAS, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, who had been attached to me a day or so before as a medical student; Rfa OAKLEY and Dvr KELLY, who were to take then there. They drove out of the courtyard on to the road and a moment later came back screaming that they had been machine gunned. Rfa OAKLEY had a machine gun bullet through his thigh. I do not remember if the ambulance was marked, it was an improvised vehicle,, 5. Rfa OAKLEY insisted the people who fired were Japan- ese, We had never seen one until then„ I went into the Mission and looked out from upstairs at the area they were shooting from and to my surprise there was a concen- tration of Japanese troops on the flat area behind the mission. I was with them for some time afterwards. There were 3 Japanese Lieutenants and one Japanese Captain, I would say a company organization, I rushed downstairs shouting to the women in charge of the Civilian Aid Post and the other people to try and get them down into the depression in front of the building, towards the village of Sau Ki ̂ an, As I came into the main hall of the hission, a Japanese patrol had circled the building and were just coming in the front door of the Hission, 1 immediately put up my hands and took no interest in defending the place whatever, No one fired, I an positive of that. 6. The Japanese took us out into the courtyard and lined us up, soldiers together, St Johns Ambulance and T"romen employees of the First Aid Post and civilian doctors, 40 or 50 altogether. The St John Ambulance people had on a distinctive uniform with Red Cross badges on the sleeve. The civilian Doctors had no markings whatsoever and our people had no Red Crosses. The Japanese ordered, more or less by gestures, that the people remove jackets and empty their pockets. The RAr"C personnel shewed the Japan- ese their Red Cross Identification Cards with photographs, but they were simply snatched out of their hands and thrown to the ground. There was no one there to speak English. I do remember that the Japanese had some conver- sation with a Chinese Doctor and I have been told since that the Chinese Doctor told them who we were. They made everyone remove their boots except me, I had been identi- fied as the Header of the group in this wayc The Japanese came out of the building holding up a revolver and I claimed it. Apparently they associated this with senior rank and put me to one side. 7. They marched us out on to the road; St Johns Ambu- lance personnel towards Sau Ki Wan, the women towards Sai rran which is a little further south than where we were. The RAhC personnel, consisting of about 9 or 10 storemen, the civilian Doctors, HARRISON, KELLY and myself were marched off the road into a little gully which was bounded on the east by the back of the embankment which made up the road and on the west by i:t Parker, ".'e marched a distance up the side of lit Parker and then an English speaking Doc. No. 5100 Page 2 Doc. No. 5100 Page 1 officer came along and started questioning ne„ I told bin we were medical personnel from the First Aid Pest and non- combatants. They took me off to one side, tied my arms behind my back with a loop around my neck ana left me standing there0 They marched the other personnel past me (I was the only one tied) across the gully and had them standing facing me with their backs to the embankment, There was a sound of shooting, I looked up and saw sove of my friends falling down. Just at that moment a Japanese civilian came along, knocked me down and kicked me several I jtimes, to prevent me from seeing any nore«j This Japanese was dressed in a civilian overcoat and wore Japanese mili- tary shoes with the separated toe and was unarmed. f 8. The officer who gave the order to tie me xtas not in charge. There was an officer senior to him in charge, but the ranks were unknown to me. The English speaking Japan- ese then came to me, got me on my feet and we started up the hill. I protested to him about shooting these people and he said they had an order to kill all captives, that "Order is, all captives must die'", I said "You have not killed me" and he said "7a will kill you - all captives j must die, but we want you to help us"*; r'e started up the hill and arrived at a water cachement. We got in and followed it in the direction of Ty Tam, walked for about a mile, turned around and came back, then over the eastern shoulder of Ft Parker in the direction of 7ong Nei Chong. This was the morning of 19 December 1941 and I think Brigadier Lawson was killed in the early morning or during the night at Wong Nei Chong. I arrived there in the late afternoon. 9. 3n the way across they untied my hands because I fell and put me on a leash. I had a good bit of conversation with the Lieutenant. He told me he had gone to St Paul's Mission School in Tokyo and had learned to speak English; that his mother and sisters were Christians, but that he was not sure of his own views on the subject; that he objected to war and thought everyone should be kind. He also spoke of French Canada, American movies, etc. 10. On this trip we rested frequently because the Japanese were carrying heavy equipment, such as a flame thrower . which seemed difficult for two men to carry. This contin- ued until late afternoon when we were stopped. The Japanese told me his name was pronounced FONDA, but spelt HONDA. He said, "I think it is a shame we have to kill you" or words to that effect, and "I will see if I can get permission to take you back to Headquarters". He spoke to his Commanding Officer whom I judged to be a Captain. He cane back a few minutes after and said "I am very sorry, there is an order that all captives must die". Later he said "My Commander says I may take you back to Headquarters". We continued in a southwesterly direction towards 7ong Nei Chong. [*11. Two Japanese were in front of us as an advance party, HONDA and I were immediately behind them, le came across a British officer, wounded, who was crawling aljng the road. The Japanese bayonetted him, then took me up and asked me what his rank was. He was a young, very white- faced 2nd Lieutenant with the insignia of the Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery on his shoulder. He was later identified in a P7 Camp by Fajor Duncan, Commanding Officer of the HKSRA, as an Indian officer of that unit. This Doc. No. 5100 Page 3 Doc, So, 5100 Page 4 happened twice nore on that trip, they bayonet ted wounded, soldiers and threw then over the side and then shot khom to nake sure they were dead„j I was not asked again to "identify anyone. About 6 o*'clock we arrived at Fong Nei Chong where there was a concentration of Japanese troops, at least a battalion and probably nore. 12. It was at dawn, approximately 0800 hours on the 19 December 194-1 when the Japanese arrived at Salesian Mission. They cane from due south of the Kission, but had landed at the North. I believed it to be a company organization with 1 Captain and 3 Lieutenants although I an not positive of the ranks. The junior officer who spoke English told ne he was a Lieutenant, I carKt be positive of the rank of the Company Commander, They carried swords and staffs; wore khaki cotton uniforms covered with coarse netting 5 steel helmets covered with khaki canvas covering and coarse netting which was used to fasten foliage in for camouflage purposes. Their weapons were as fellows - rifles; the non- commissioned officers had swords; they were carrying a heavy machine gun of Vickers pattern as well as some small mortars - A very heavy flame thrower was carried between two men slung on a pole., It resembled an Electrolux Vacuum Cleaner, only larger and slightly spherical, with flexible hose and nozzle, They also carried light machine guns with fixed bayonets. There were between IOC to 3.5.0 men and there was no transport., Their boots were black canvas, rubber soles, separated great toe, ankle boots fastened by snaps at the back. The officers and NCCs were wearing hjgh and knee length boots and our type of Army ankle bootc Their equip- ment consisted of a leather ammunition container with two leather punches and contained c26 calibre high velocity rifle ammunition. They also carried a canvas haversack slung over the shoulder which resembled our light haversack. I noticed at least one medical orderly and there were probably others, This one carried a leather case, not much larger than an attache ease with a Red. Cross on it. I do not recall arm bands. They had no stretchers, but I saw some evacuated casualties on stretchers made of boughs. 13. Two of the victims in some way lived through the shooting and escaped although one was hacked with swords by the Japanese as he was lying feigning death. One of these is 2/Lieut Osier THOKAS, HKVDC, who had been my assistant. He is easily identified as his father was the chief local employee of the Government Medical Service* He. himself, was a'medical student at Hong Song University and because of this had been detailed as my assistant, The other was Cpl LEITH of the RAKC, who after his escape and subsequent recovery acted as clerk and secretary during the Prisoner of War period to Lieut-Colonel Bowie, Commander of Bowen Road Hospital, 14. Two of the ladies who had been in the civilian First Aid Post and who had marched off towards Sai Wan survived and could give evidence of the circumstances surrounding the capture. They are KISS FERON, who was born in China and later went to the United States and became a member of the it.: eric an Women's Army Corps and IRS TINSON wh^ was in charge of the civilian First Aid Post and is the widow of the Director of Civilian Communications at Hong Kong and a Barrister in civilian life in Hong Kong. Doc. No. Page 4 5.100 Doc. No. 5089S Page 3 15. I estimate that the shooting took place not more than 200 yards from the large building of the Salesian Mission which we had occupied as a First Aid Post, 16. I would describe the English speaking Japanese officer named HONDA as about 23 yrs of age; 5'2" or 5'4r'; 1°,0 to 140 lbs; small , stocky, mongoloid appearing Japanese, solemn appearance, very large buck teeth with no gold in then as I remember and he wore horn-rimmed spectacles. He told me he had served in China and had been educated in St Paul's Church of England School in Tokyo; that his mother and sisters were Christians and that ha was not sure of his own views on that subject0 He did not mention having been wounded and stated that he did not approve of war. His description is somewhat like that of Lieut rrADA, later a Camp Commandant at North Point and Sham Shui Po, but is not the same man. 17. The Japanese officer who was in charge of the party which captured the Salesian Mission was 5 t o 5'10"; 150 lbs; in appearance not more than 25 years; very smooth, clear, olive complexion; regular features; not mongoloid; quite slender; somewhat Italian in appearance; striking and ^ould be considered a very handsome gentleman in any race; wore no glasses and spoke no English as far as I know. This affidavit of the deponent, ) Stanley M BANFILL, consisting of ) this and the preceding three pages,) each signed by the deponent and by ) me, was sworn before me at the City) of Montreal, in the Province of ) Quebec, this 22nd day of December ) 1945 Ys/ 5. Martin Banfill, Capt /s/ Gerard Nantel, Major (Stanley M BANFILL) CaptaM A.J.A.G., H.Q., M.D". No, 4 Canadian Army RCAMC A Commissioner of the Superior Court for the Province of Quebec * Doc. Fo, 5286 A / / Page 1 Summary of examination of Capt. OSLPR THOMAS, British Army, General List, duly sworn states:- I an 25 years of age, of British rationality, and horn at Hong Song. My permanent address is c/o Dr. G-. H. Thomas Medical Department Hong Song. I an at present living at the Gloucester Hotel, Hong Song. On 3th December 1941 hostilities "broke out in Hong Song and a few days later, as Cadet Medical officer in the Field Ambulance, Hong San.- Volunteer Defence Corps, I was posted as Medical Officer to the 3rd Battery, H. S. V. D. C. at ?ak Sha Wan, Lyemun. Due to very heavy Japanese shell fire, I was later sent back to our Advance Dressing Station situated at the Salesian Mission Shaukiwan. The A. D. S. was commanded by Captain Stanley M. Banfill, ?.oyal Rifles of Canada, and the personnel comorised a number of medical orderlies from the same Regiment. The building also housed P.. A. M. C. supplies and stores in charge of Q,. M. S. BuCHAT and a number of P. A. M. C. other Ranks, together with a civilian. Red Cross Aid Post under Dr.. OPLOP". His staff consisted of another Chinese doctor. Dr. TSATG POOS CHOR, St. John's Ambulance stretcher-bearers and some A. IT. S. nurses. At about 0600 hours on 19th December 1941, being unaware of the fact that the enemy had actually landed and were in the vicinity, I left the A. D. S. with an ambulance carrying 2 wounded Rajput Officers (British Captains) and an injured civilian. ':Je had. only crone a few yards up the road when the ambulance was raked by intense machine-gun fire. The driver and an orderly (both Canadians) leapt from the ambulance and one was hit in the leg. I backed the vehicle down the road to tile Mission and managed to get into the building to warn the rest of the personnel. They went up to the top floor of the building &ad from there they coulc. see large numbers of Japanese on the hill-side above. In a few minutes the building was surrounded and the glass doors of the ba.sement were broken in. Owing to the presence of women and civilians and the overwhelming numbers of the enemy, the nest surrendered. All the personnel, including Chinese cooks and servants, were led out on to the level ground in front of the building, and all the males searched and stripped except for their trousers. -r-fter about an hour, we were all led on to the main road and the women taken up toward lyemun Barracks while the men were led up the hill behind the Mission. On the main road we saw the 2 Rajput Capta.ins lying by the roadside after having been thrown out of the Ambulance. The men ivere then lined up on the edge of the nullah, which runs behind the Mission, with a. large number of Doc. l'ro. 5286 A Page 2 csor nese troops -on*the .-hillside watching on. Suddenly three Japanese soldiers started to bayonet our unsuspecting men from the rear amidst cheers from the enemy onlookers. Some of our men had to "be "bayoneted three times before they would fall and then their were kicked into the nullah. I think at this moment panic must have "broken loose as a number of those on the lower end of the line broke out, ran and ran these were shot. These included Dr. 0PL03T'. During this pandemonian of shooting I fell into the nullah as though shot, the bodies of two victims later falling on me and protecting me from the orgy of shooting and baTro:ietting that followed. H hi — • I lay in that bloody nullah all fey, hearing thr groans of the dying and seeing the flow of blood under me, but not daring to move. One P.. A. M. C. cook, badly wounded in the neck crawled over me down the nullah and I advised him to lie still, but this advice he ignored. That night, I escaped down the nullah but wrs unable to ret through the Japanese lines and so, after obtaining Chinese clothes, lived in an A. ?.. P. Shelter and later in a hill--squatters hut until about the 23rd December, when Dysentery end general weakness forced me to make my way to Causeway Bay where I sheltered with p friend who put me up and took cere of me until after January 1342 when I returned to my home. I left Hong Eong for Jree China in July, 1942. (Sgd.) 0. THOMAS Capt. Sworn before me R. C. Cooper Major. This Finth day of March, 1946. (Si?d.) H. C. COCFn?. Major "A3. CRISES IFOSTIGATIOr T3AM, Hong Zong. Detailed to examine the above by the Commander-in-Chief, Allied Land Forces, South Past Asia. (Authority:-ALJSPA "'ar Crimes Instruction I'o. 1 - Para. ?) Certified true copy. E. C. Cooler, It. Col. Summary of examination Capt. CSLUR THOMAS (Page 2) J v £ tiff DOC. 5089F Page 1 "SUBJECT:- REPORT CN TH.G ARM* MEDICAL STORE, SHOKIWAN. -o-o-o-o-o-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- To :- The Off iccr Commanding, Military Hospital, Bowen Road, Hongkong. Prom j- Corporal N.J. Loath, R.A.M.C. No. 7262538 Sir, At about 7*00 a.m. on tho morning of tho 19th December, 1941» just as tho detachment were about to sit down for breakfast, Private R. Rcid, R.A.M.C., who was on sentry duty from 6.00 a.m. to 8,00 a.m., came down to the Dining Hall and reported to Q..M.S. Buchan, M.M., R.A.M.C., that tho building was surrounded by Japanese troops. Captain Baiifoll, R.C.A.M.C., Q,.M.S. Buchan, Sgt. Watt and myself proceeded to the first floor of the building. Hero we saw that Privr.te Reid's statement had been perfectly correct and that Japanese troops rare all around us, althoug at this stage none of them were making forthe building. We all wont back to the Dining Hall and Captain Bon foil and Q,«M.S. Buchan had a discussion on the subjcct and they then informed all tho troops and the A.NoS., nnd St. John^s iimbulance personnel thnt if tho building were attacked, or looked -s though it were likely to bo attacked, the policy would bo to surrender. VJhilst these instructions were being given several of the p .rsonnol were keeping a look-out from the windows and one of them reported that a large number of Japanese wore approaching the building with machine guns. A few moments later a banging was hoard on the door and a lot of shouting in Japanese. Q..M.S. Buchan ordered Pte. Mohan to open tho door. This order .as carried out. Wo piled all our prms in the centre of the Dining Hall and went out of tho building with our hands above our heads. We were greeted by about 100 Japanese troops, who shouted and prodded us into lino. They then sent in a search party to see if any more people were left in the building. In the meantime one of the Japanese soldiers lay down in front of us with an automatic rifle on a tripod and 'ran it1 around us. T.7hen tho search party came back we were separated. The soldiers being pushed onto one side and the A.N.S. and St. John's Ambulance personnel onto the other. Thoy then searched us and took all cur belongings cxccpt watchcs, jewelory, etc. Wo wore then instructed to take off our boots or shoes and tunics or shorts. We, the servicemen present, were then left with just a vest, trousers and 30cks. After doing n 'War Dance' the Japanese instructed us, by a wave of the hand, to march off onto the main road, this we did. Capt. Banfell remained behind. After proceeding up Island Road for about 200 yards we were halted, the ladies and nurses of tho S.J.A,E. continued up the road, whilst the men were taken up a little path, which lod into the hills. We carried on for about ten minutos and looking back we could soo thrt they wore taking fill the females 151 to Lyemun Barracks. We were halted in a little valley about half a mile or so up tho hillside. It was very veil sheltered and could not be seen from the road. There were, I should estimate, about 1,000 Japanese troops present at this position. We were told to sit down and some Chinese civilians, who were with the troops, camo down and removed our jewelery, i.e. finger rings, watches, etc. After remaining seated for a matter of several minutes we wore ordered to get up and proceed down tho hill. '7c eventually roachod a small clearing on a level piece of ground lAich ran in a slight slope down to a nullah. Wo were halted and prodded into line facing tho direction of the main road. This brought us facing away from tho Japanese. ".'0 heard laughter from behind and then suddenly I heard a commotion and a loud moan from further down tho line and looking along I saw that Sergeant E. Watt, R.A.M.C., had been bayoneted. He fell to the ground and was stabbed several times whilst lying there. I then felt a terrific hit on the back of tho nock. The blow shot me into tho air and spun no completely round and I fell tc the ground face downwards. I lay in this position with blood pouring into my DOC. 508SD Page 2 eyes, ears and mouth, and at hand, end rlso a great hear the Japanese talking then as ny brain cleared deal of moaning geing on and laughing quite close To I could hear firing close around me. I could also at hand. Sheet 2/. They come over towards where I lay and 1 heard them loading, presumably, a revolver. Thare was a single shot fired and then a moan, which had been very close to me, ceased. The Japanese then moved away and I heard several shots fired at varying intervals and after each shot the moaning lessened. I lay still for some time and later when I ventured to lift up my head to look around I saw that a 11 the troops had moved off but that four Japanese sentri remained behind to guard the spot, I noticed that Private Reid was lying across the bottom of my legs, end from his wounds it was obvious that he was dead. Private McFarquhar lay to tho left of me and it was also obvious that he too was dead. I pushed myself clear from the obstruction around me and then rolled down the slope into the nullah. I lay here for several minutes quite exhausted. I also saw that Q..M.S., Buchan and Private Williams were lying i'n the nullah and from their wounds it was only too obvious that they too wore dead. I then commcnced to crawl down tho nullah in the direction of tho Medical Store. Water was running down the nullah and I was getting very wet and was also shivering a great deal. On the way dorm I passed a body lying in tho nullah floor and after I had got a few feet past I hjard a low whistle. I looked around and saw that it was Lieut. Thomas, H.K.V.D.C. (Field .tabulance), who had been attached tc the Collecting Post in the same building as the Army Medical Store. He stated thrt he intended to stay where ho was until nightfall nnd then try to get away. I told him that I did not intend to do the same but ms all for getting down to the bottom of the hill as soon as possible and looking around whilst it was still light. I then carried on down the hill and after about half an hour I reached the part of the nullah which overlooked tho store. I could see from here that the Japanese were in occupation of the building and so I moved further down and hid in an improvised shelter which had been built by the Salesian Father in residence na an air raid shelter. I remained here all night and on the following morning I cropt out to have a look .around. There were no Japanese in the actual vicinity of tho store although a large number of cavalry were housed on the other side of Island Road. I made ny way down to tho football pitch which was situated behind the building and from here I proceeded to carefully approach the store. As I got closer I noticed that there were several Japanese in the kitchen. I decided that it wis unsafe to remain near the storo so I returned to the hills. As I passed tho front of the store I noticed that several cars and lorries were parked in tho compound. I decided that it was quite useless to attempt to gain an admittance to the building so commenced to move off up the hill with the object of eventually reaching Taikoc. I was now in a state of complete exhaustion; and was obliged to rest frequently. I carried on at a snails pace for several hours and then had to lie down for about half an hour or so. It was impossible to me to carry on any further. However, I eventually dragged myself to my foot and carricd on. At about four o'clock in the evening I had reached the block of houses which overlook Taikoo Docks and Sugar Factory. I realized that it was physically impossible for me to carry on any further this day so I entered one of the houses and sat down on the floor for a while These houses had all been smashed and looted, presumably by the Chinese; furniture was broken and burnt and strawn all over the place. I found that the settee of a suite of furniture had been left intact so I dragged this into an alcove of the room in which it stood. I sat down and found out that I had a fairly g^od view of the two paths which led up to the house. I fell fast asleep soon after I sat down. It was early next morning when I awoke and taking advantage of the dim light outside I went scouting for food and water, all tho taps in tho house had been smashed to pieces and the water turned off. I searched the houses in tho vicinity but could find no food or water. There were a large number of dead bodies of troops, mainly Indian, and empty cartridge cases and field telephones, I then returned to the house nnd sat down again. After a short while I heard footsteps and voices below and looking down I s~w that three Japanese wore entering the DOC 4 5089D S a g e 3 house via the kitchen, whioh was directly below where I ffls situated* As soon as I heard them coining up the stairs I quietly opened the window and climbed through .md dropped the ten or so foot to the ground beneath* I crept round the side of the house and lay lov; in samo bushes. I saw the Japanese emerge from the house and go off down the hillside :gain* I wont back into the house to think things over. Loss than half an hour later I again heard footsteps and voices and looking down I saw yet another four Japanese approaching the house, I repeated my performance of the time before and whon they departed I returned to the house. I had by this timo decided that it was stupid for me to remain in the main part of the house any longer. ......,/Sheet No, 3* I went down past the kitchen and into the basement. I stayed here for the rest of the day. By t'vis time my wound was extremely painful and I wis begin- ning to feel tho pangs of hunger and thirst. I eventually fell asleep and slept right through until the next morning. I again went up onto the first floor and straight away burped into three Ghinese civilians. They spoko to me and appeared to be quite sympathetic until one of them asked me if I had any money. I replied that I had not but they did not appear to believe ne. One of them then commenced to try to search mo. I naturally resented this and pushed him away. Ho and one of his comrades then went outside the door and camo back with a gardening fork each and commenced to rush at me. I staved them off with a piece of broken chair, but was eventually hit in the side by one of the forks, it did not penetrate into my flesh very deeply but it was sufficient to draw blood. This apparently satisfied then for they went off and appeared to be quite pleased with themselves. I went back into the basement again and remained there for the rest of the day. I found that in tho front of the house there was a fountain and that the tap running into this contained water, although it was somewhat dirty. I drank about a pint and a few hourslater I had terrible pains in the stomach. However, those pains wont and I was more or loss alright again. I remained in the house until tho 26th of December, although I of course did not know that this w^s the date then, During this period I had nothing to drink only tho pint of water which I have mentioned above and nothing whatsoever to eat. It was only on vory roro occasions that I came up into the house for a look around. I might have mentioned earlier that when I first arrived at Taikoo the Japanese forces wsre landing at the Taikoo Sugar Factory lior in large numbers and were proceeding along Kings Road and up Mount larker Road and this of course meant that I was trapped in behind the Japanese linos with little or no chonco of getting out. Thus my enforced stay in tho vicinity, However on the evening of the 26th I decided that I could not go on any longer without some farm of dressing for my wound or without water or food so I ventured out into the grounds once again, I had not gone more than a few yards when I mot four Japanese walking to\?ards me. They looked me over and grunted and pointed for mo to go on down the pathway onto Kings Road. This I did, any moment expect in/ to got a shot from behind. I went on for about 25 yards and then looked around and was astonished and pleasantly surprised to find that the Japanese had disappeared from my view, I continued on down to the main road and then walked in the direction of Causeway Bay. I met several Japanese sentries and they just looked me over and pushed or prodded mo on my v®y, mostly with the end of a rifle. After about half an hour I arrived at the North Point Interment Camp, Here a J 'panes0 with a Rod Cross Tennant in his hand led me into the camp. He sat me down on a chair and went away in search of someone. Meanwhile several European people, both male and female came up to me and led me into one of the huts. Two A.N.S,, nurses commenced to attend to my wounds when a Mr, Stewart arrived on tho scene and after informing mo that he m s ex- R,A,M,C., continued with the cleaning up and dressing of my wound. I was vory W311 treated by these people and they lay ma down on a carp bed after the dressing was finished and gpvo me a mugful of bakod beans. Several members of the R.A.O.C., were already interned aid. they «re most anxious to hear what had happened to me, A Japanese officer then came along and gave mo a clean shirt and a pair of flannels and informed me that if I changed into these clc-a? clothes he WDuld attempt to got no admitted to either the ^uoen Mary Hospital orthe French Convent Hospital. Ho said that he did not know if those hospital; wore accepting military casualties and it would be better if I vent in civiliai DOC; 5089D iage 4 clothing. He gave me a chit of paper with Japanese vjcitten all over it and 'told me to show it to ar̂ yone who stopped me. I r.ns then picked up and carried outside the gate and placed in a waiting car, which turned out to be the property of Dr» Selwyn Clarke. This gentleman himself cane out and got in and vc commenced our journey. \h arrived at the French Hospital but it -.wis full up so wo proceeded from there to the ^ueen Mary Hospital and I was admitted into this hospital. I remained there until the January when Corporal Thompson R.A.M.C., cane from Bo van Road and brought me to the Military Hospital, Bewen Road. I was operated upon on the morning of the 6th January, 19^2, and was discharged hospital on 26th March, 1942. I am, Sir, Youf Obedient Servant. N. J. loath. (indorsed on Margin on each page) THIS IS THE EXHIBIT MARKED 'D' REFERRED TO IN THE AFFIDAVIT OF LIEUTMANT-; COLONEL CEDRIC OVERTON SHACKLETON SY/OHN THIS ELEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBER 1945 BEFORE ME. (SIGNED) A.A.x'.HUNT, Captain Legal Staff. rDC. 50*90 To;- / Page 1 Sir, Officer Commanding, ML 1 i tary Hosp 5tal, Bowen Roaa, HONGKONG. Appendix. E. From:- THI3 15 TH3 EXHIBIT MARKED 1C 'REFERRED TO EI THE AFFIDAVIT OF IIEUT3NANT-C0L0 NZL CEDRIC OVERTON SH-'vCKLTTON SWORN Sergeant T.C.Cunningham, R.A.M.C., THIS ELEV iTTH DAY OF DECEMBER 1945 No. 7262319 BEFORE ME (SIGNED) A.A.P.HONT. Captain Legal Staff. The staff attached to the Advanced Dressing Station, Wongnoichong on tho 18 December 194l-> were in addition to myself. Captain B. Dc. Barclay, R.A.M.C. Private Evans, R.A.M.C. irivate Jones, R.A.M.C, Driver Mapp, R.A.S.C. Ten St. Johns Ambulance Brigade personnel. These latter wore accommodated in tho two adjoining Modical Shelters. L/Corporal Linton, l/Middloscx Ro_t. Brigade Clerk, slept in tho A.D.S., at night. An Indian Constable, attachod to tho Wongnoichong Policc Station, sustained facial and shrapnel wounds lato in the evening. Captain Barclay arranged for him to sleep in one of the Medical Shelters as the Police Station was under fire. In the afternoon Lieutenant Woodsido, Royal Rifles of Canada, Brigade In- telligence Officer, told Captain Barclay that all the Brigade vehicles were im-, mobilized by shell fire aid suggested ttrt Captain Barclay, knowing the local topography very well, stand by at tho A.D.S., with his err .as Brigadier Lawson would like to go around the posts. At about 9.00 p.m. Lieutenant Woodsido told us that the Japanese had landed on the Island. Captain Barclay telephoned Field Ambulance Headquarters and I think they suggested him to await local developments. A fow hours later wo were told that the Japanese had reached tho Stubbs-Taihang Road Junction. From what I remember Captain Barclay phohod to Field Ambulancc Headquarters and St. Al- berts Hospital asking if we should remain, at the A.D.S., I don't know what the gist of the messages wore but I believe, on Lieutenant Woodside's request, wc remained at the A.D.S., ns we wore in tclephonic communication with Brigade Headquarters. We awaited there for a few hours until we found it impossible to escape. The Japanese had apparently suddenly surrounded our locality. It was now about 4 a.m. on 19 Dec.mber. At day break we heard a party on the roof try- ing to forco the ventilators open but they were unsuccessful. Later, after a series cf explosions, wc wcrj able to sco the St. Johns bearers with tho Indian constable, all in some degree injured, comc out of their shelters and surrender. Although the bearers were fully dressed, complete with Rod Cross brassards, the Japanese killed everyone. Wo awaited inside tho building during.the 19th and tho morning of tho 20th hoping for a possible counter attack by our forcos, but from what we could hear the Japanese forces appeared to be everywhere. Several times they tried to entor, but beyond spraying the doors and windows with bullet?, no determined effort was made. Captain Barclay during this time ysis rather worried abcut our position. Escapo was proved impossible. He did not like surrendering, cur ra- tions were low, we Lad no apparent hope of relief. . By the sounds wo heard there seemed to bo some wounded lying unattended. Ho said it wis our duty to attend to them no matter what nationality they wero. Eventually ho improvised a Red Cross Flag and pinnod to it a noto saying who we wore and the fact that we wore unarmed. On pushing this through a window he barely cscaped being' shot as the Japanese opened fire at the first signs of life. Later wo hoard a large body assemble round the A.D.S., aid some trying to forco ,the doors. So wc all comc out and surrendered. We were then beaten, sccurely ,tiod and our Red Cross brassards torn off. We were then brought before a fow officers who did not seem to know much English. After interrogation we wore again boaton, Captain Barclay DOG. 5089C Page 2 bearing the brunt of it as he did his bjst to explain our position as Red Cross workers, .another prisoner, a Rajputana Sepoy, joined our party and we were driven up the stream along the valley facing the A.D.S. This place seemed alive with Japanese. I would estimate there was ."bout ono battalion of troops here and tho majority of those we met, although our hands were fastcr.od, seemed to think that we were playing at running the gauntlet. We then came to an encamp- ment on the slopes of tho valley overlooking the A.D.S., and fastened to tho trees. The Japanese seemed to have a system of trench latrines for the purpose of accommodation, two men to a trench. These trenches wore all around us. Soon we were blindfolded and except for a periodic beating left alone. At about 5 p.m. Private Jones and Driver Mapp were taken away, and later, .1 estimate at about-10 or 11 p.m. L/Cpl. Linton cut me free from the tree. 1>pparontly the Indian Sepoy had-a knife in his trousers pocket with which he freed himself. Then althoug he was in the centre of an armed carp he crawled around to our trees and freed Captain Barclay, Private Evans and myself. Captain Barclay deciding, I think, to head for Stanley loft us and we crawled through the carp heading for the hills and Shaukiwan. Wo had decided by now that everywhere, except Stanley had capitulated, and we hoped to got to the mainland where we thought we would have a better chance to oscapo. Only ftr the help I received from Linton and Evans I would never have managed to get nrvay as I was very ex- hausted. In fact they also did not feel very fit but they would not ljave me. After "bout an hours travel we landed on Sir. Cecil's Ride but vc were met by rifle fire from ab ut 10 yards distance. We scattered in the dork. I headed up the hill again. I waited to s:.o if I could contact the others but I could hear nothing but the Japanese, so I decided to keep moving, hoping that Linton and Evans were doing the same. The time was "bout midnight 20/21 December. The next morning I contacted Indian Troops who directed me to Ventris Terrace where a Company Headquarters was. -The time was now about 7*3° a.m. 21.12.194l« I am, 'Sir, Your obedient servant. (Signed) T.R. Cunningham. Sgt. R.A.M.C. Wo. 7262319. (Indorsed on margin) THIS IS THE EXHIBIT MARKED 'C' REFERRED TO IN THE AFFIDAVIT OF LIETJTENANT- COLONEL CEDRIC OVERTON SHACKLETON SWORN THIS ELEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBER 1945 BEFORE ME, (SIGNED) j..A.F.HUNT, Captain Legal Staff. DOC. 5089F SUBJECT To 1- i^nft REPORT CN TEC ,'RMY MEDICAL STORE, SHAUXIUAN. -0-0-0-0-0-o- 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- Thc Officcr Commanding, Military Hospital, Bowen Road, Hongkong. Page 1 From j- Corporal N.J. Loath, R.A.M.C. No.'7262538 Sir, At about 7.00 a.m. on tho morning of the 19tb. December, 19^1, just as tho detachment were about to sit down for breakfast, Private R. Rcid, R.A.M.C., who was on sentry duty fron 6,00 a.m. to 3»00 a.m.-, came down to tho Dining Hall and reported to ft.M.S. Buchan, M.M.> R.A.M.C., that tho building was surrounded by Japanese troops. Captain Banfoll, R.C.A.M.G., ft.M.S. Buchan, Sgt. Watt end myself proceeded to the first floor of the building. Here we saw that Private Reid's statement had been perfectly correct and that Japanese troops trero all around us, althoug at this stage none of them tsero making for the building. We all wont back to the Dining Hall and Captain Banfoll and ft*M.S. Buchan had a discussion on the subjcct and they then informed all tho troops and the A.N.S., and St.. John's Ambulance personnel ttrt if the building vsore attacked, or looked ~s though it ware likely to bo attacked, the policy would bo to surrender. TCiilst these instructions wore being given several of the p rsonnel tjero keeping a look-out from the windows and one of thorn reported that a large number of Japanese wore approaching the building with machine guns. A fow mononts later a banging was heard on the door and a lot of shouting in Japanese. ft.M.S. Buchan ordered Pte. Mohan to open the door. This order was carried out. Wo piled all our arms in the centre of - the Dining Hall and vent out of tho building with our hand3 above our heads. We uere greeted by about 100 Japanese troops, who shouted and proddod us into lino. They then sent in a search party to see if any nore people were left in the building. In the meantime one of the Japanese soldiers lay down in front of us with an automatic rifle on a tripod and 'ran it' around us. 'Than . tho search party came back we wero separated. The soldiers being pushed onto one side and the A.N.S. and St. John's Ambulance personnel onto the other. Thoy then searched us and took all our belongings except watchos, jewelory, etc. We were then instructed to take off our boots or shoes and tunics or shorts. We, the serviconen present, wsro then left with just a vest, trousers and socks. After doing a 'War Dance' tho Japanese instructed us, by a wave of tho hand, to march off onto the main road, this we did. Capt. Banfoll remained behind. After proceeding up Island Road for about 200 yards ire were halted, the ladies and nurses of the S.J.A.E; continued up the road, whilst the men vrere taken up a little path, which led into the hills. We carried on for about ten minutes and looking back we could seo that they wore taking all the females up to Lyemun Barracks. We \rere halted in a little valley about half a mile or so up the hillsido. It was very well sheltered and could not be soon from the road. There were, I should estimate, about 1,000 Japanese troops present at this position. We were told to sit down and some Chinese civilians, who ware with tho troops, cano down and removed our jewelery, i.e. fingsr rings, watches, etc. /if ter remaining seated for a matter of several minutes we were ordered to get up and proceed down tho hill. Wc eventually reached a small clearing on a level piece of ground wiich ran in a slight slope down to a nullah. We were halted and prodded into lino facing the direction of the main road. This brought us facing away fron tho Japanese. We hoard laughter from behind and then suddenly I heard a commotion and a loud moan from further down tho line and looking along I saw that Sergeant E. Watt, R.A.M.C.-, had been bayoneted. He fell to the ground and was stabbed several tines whilst lying there. I then felt a torrific hit on the back of the nock. The blow shot no into tho air and spun ne completely round and I fell to the feround face downwards. I lay in this position with blood pouring into ny DOC. 5089F Page 1 eyes, ears and mouth, and then as my brain cleared I could hear firing close at hand, end also a great deal of nooning going on around me. I could also hear the Japanese talking and laughing quite close at hand. To Sheet 2/. They came over towards where I lay and I heard them loading, presumably, a revolver. There was a single shot fired and then a moan, which had boen very close to me, ceased. The Japanese then moved away and I heard several shots fired at varying intervals and after each shot tho moaning lessened. I lay still for some time and later when I ventured to lift up ny head to look around I saw that a 11 the troops had moved off but that four Japanese sentries remained behind to guard the spot, I noticed that Private Reid was lying across the bottom of ny logs, and from his wounds it was obvious that he was dead. Private McFarquhar lay to the left of me and it was also obvious that he too was dead. I pushed myself clear from the obstruction around me and then rolled down tho slope into the nullah. I lay here for several minutes quite exhausted. I also saw that Q,.M.S,f Buchan and Private Williams were lying in the nullah and from their wounds it was only too obvious that they too wore dead. I then commenced to crawl down the nullah in the direction of the Medical Store. Water was running down tho nullah and I was getting very wet and was also shivering a great deal. On the way dorm I passed a body lying in the nullah floor and after I had got a few feet past I hjard a low whistle. I looked around and saw that it was Lieut. Thomas, H.K.V.D.C., (Field .tabulance), who had been attached to the Collecting Post in the same building as the Army Medical Store. He stated that he intended to stay where he was until nightfall .and then try to get away. I told him that I did not intend to do tho same but TSQS all for getting down to the bottom of the hill as soon as possible and looking around whilst it was still light. I then carried on down the hill end after about half an hour I reached the part of the nullah which overlooked tho store. I could see from here that the Japanese were in occupation of the building and so I moved further down and hid in an improvised shelter which had been built by the Salesian Father in residence as an air raid shelter. I remained hero all night and on tho following morning I crept out to have a look .around. Thoro were no Japaneso in the actual vicinity of the store although a largo number of cavalry were housed on the other side of Island Road. I made ny way down to the football pitch which was situated behind the building and from here I proceeded to carefully approach the store. As I got closer I noticed that there were several Japanese in the kitchen. I decided that it was unsafe to remain near tho store so I returned to the hills. As I passed tho front of the store I noticed that several cars and lorries were parked in tho compound. I decided that it was quite useless to attempt to gain an admittance to the building so commenced to move off up the hill with the object of eventually reaching Taikoo. I was noT1 in a state of complete exhaustion; and was obliged to rest frequently. I carried on at a snails pace for several hours and then had to lie down for about half an hour or so. It was impossible to me to carry on any further. However, I eventually dragged myself to ny feet and carried on. At about four o'clock in the evening I had reached the block of houses which overlook Taikoo Docks and Sugar Factory. I realized that it was physically impossible for me to carry on any further this day so I entered one of the houses and sat down on the floor for a whilo. Those houses had all been smashed and looted, presumably by the Chinese; furniture was broken and burnt and strawn all over the place. I found that tho settee of a suite of furniture had been left intact so I dragged this into an alcove of tho room in which it sibood. I sat down and found out that I had a fairly good view of the two paths which led up to the house. I fell fast asleep soon after I sat down. It was early next morning when I awoke and taking advantage of the dim light outside I wont scouting for food and water, all the taps in tho house had been smashed to pieces and the water turned off. I searched the houses in tho vicinity but could find no food or water. There were a large number of dead bodios of troops, mainly Indian, and empty cartridge cases and field telephones, I then returned to the house and sat down again. After a short while I heard footsteps and voices below and looking down I saw that three Japanese were entering the DOC. 5089D Sago 3 house via the kitchen, which was directly belov; where I TOS situated. As soon as I heard them coming up the stairs I quietly opened the window and climbed through and dropped the ten or so foet to the ground beneath. I crept round the side of the house and lay low in some bushes. I saw the Japanese emerge from the house and go off down the hillside again. I went back into the house to think things over. Loss than half an-hour later I again heard footsteps and voices and looking down I saw yet another four Japanese approaching the house. I repeated my performance of the time before and when they departed I returned to the house. I had by this time decided that it was stupid for me to remain in the main part of the house any longer. /Sheet No. 3. I went down past tho kitchen and into the basement. I stayed here for the rest of the day. By t' is time my wound was extremely painful and T was begin- ning to feel tho pangs of hunger and thirst. I eventually fell asleep and slept right through until the next morning. I again wont up onto the first floor and straight away bumped into three Chinese civilians. They spoko to mo and appeared to be quite sympathetic until one of them askod ma if I had •any money. I replied that I had not but they did not appear to believe me. One of them then commenced to try to search mo. I naturally resented this and pushed him away. Ho and one of his comradcs then went outside tho door and came back with a gardening fork each and commenced to rush at me. I staved them off with a pioco of broken chair, but was eventually hit in the side by one of the forks, it did not penetrate into my flesh very deeply but it was sufficient to draw blood. This apparently satisfied than for they went off and appeared to be quite pleased with themselves. I went back into the basement again and remained there for the rest of the day. I found that in the front of the house there was a fountain and that the tap running into this contained water, although it was somewhat dirty. I drank about a pint and a few hourslater I had terrible pains in the stomach. However, those pains went and I was more or less alright again. I remained in the house until tho 26th of December, although I of course did not know that this TOS the date then. During this period I had nothing to drink only the pint of water which I have mentioned above and nothing whatsoever to eat. It was only on very rare occasions that I came up into the house for a look around. I might have mentioned earlier that when I first arrived at Taikoo the Japanese forces troro landing at the Taikoo Sugar Factory tier in large numbers and were proceeding along Kings Road and up Mount Parker Road and this of course meant that I was trapped in behind the Jaxxinose linos with little or no chance of getting out. Thus my enforced stay in the vicinity. However on the evening of tho 26th I decided that I could not go on any longer without some form of dressing for my wound or without water or food so I ventured out into the grounds once again. I had not gone more than a few yards when I met four Japanese walking towards me. They looked me over and grunted and pointed for mo to go on down the pathway onto Kings Road. This I did, any moment expectinf to get a shot from behind. I went on for about 25 yards and then looked around and was astonished and pleasantly surprised to find that the Japanese had disappeared from my view. I continued on down to the main road and then walked in the direction of Causeway Boy. I met several Japanese sentries and they just looked me over and pushed or prodded me on my way, mostly with the end of a rifle. After about half an hour I arrived at tho North Point Interment Camp. Here a Japanese with a Red Cross Pennant in his hand led me into the camp. He sat me down.on a chair and went away in search of someone. Meanwhile several European people, both male and female came up to me and led me into one of the huts. Two A.N.S., nurses commencod to attend to my wounds when a Mr. Stewart arrived on the scene and after informing me that he was ex- R.A.M.C., continued with the cleaning up and dressing of my wound. I was vory roll treated by these people and they lay mo down on a carp bed after the dressing was finished and s£.ve me a mugful of baked beans. Several members of the R.A.O.C., were already interned and they were most anxious to hear what had happened to me. A Japanese officer then came along and gr.ve me a clean shirt and a pair of flannels and informed me that if I changcd into these cloai clothes he TOuld attorpt to get me admitted to either the riueen Mbxy Hospital ortho French Convent Hospital. He said that ho did not know if those hospital: were accepting military casualties and it would be better if I vent in civilian DOC. 5089D iage 4 clothing. He gave me a chit of paper with Japanese written all over it and told me to show it to ar^one who stopped me. I was then picked up and carried outside the gate ard placed in a waiting car, which turned out to be the property of Dr. Selwyn Clarke. This gentleman himself came out and got in and we commenced our journey.. Wc arrived at the French Hospital but it was full up so we proceeded from there to the Oueen Mary Hospital and I was admitted into this hospital.. I remained there until the January when Corporal Thompson, R.A.M.C., cane from Bowen Road and brought me to tho Military Hospital* Bowen Road. I was operated upon on the morning of the 6th January, 194-2, and was discharged hospital on 26th March, 1942* I am, Sirj Your Obedient Servant. N. J. Loath. (indorsed on liar gin on odch jpago) THIS 13 TH3 EXHIBIT MARKED 1*D|- REFERREtf TO IN THEl AFFIDAVIT OF L±2UTJMT-' COLONEL CEDRI6 OVERTON SHACKL2T0N SV/ORN THIS ELEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBER 1945 BEFORE ME. (SIGNED) A. A .A1.HUNT,. Captain Legal Staff. Documentary .".To, $20]h Page 1. C O P Y Siuapary of esranination of IJar'-ia Tso Ilia Chi Occupation - Banker of Bank of Couaunicatioas, Canton, Address - gank of Co.i_j.nlcations i-icstel, Canton, duly sworn states, I aa 30 years of age, of British nationality and born at long Song. pemanent hone is ITo-, 49 .."yndhan Street, 1st floor, Hong Song. I aa at present living at :,ank of Coaiunic.. tions Hostel, Canton, I was a aeaoer of 5A.,A<, Bty. II.K.V.D.C., and on night of 17th or loth, December, 194-1 s I was stationed with ap 3ty. at Sai ".'an A«A. gun position. At about 2000 lira, the enemy landed below our position and in a short tine we -/ere surrounded and heavily outnumbered. At about 2100 hrs, ..e surrendered. At that tine I was in the rrest" position in a tunnel below the main gun site. Me were 0 rdered out fron the tunnel and with the others about 25 in all were herded together into one of the magazines. After 2-3 hours during which we wei'e searched, we '..ere ordered to leave the magasiae and as each nan passed the ..sagazine entrance he was cayonetted. Ac I passed through tho entrance I ..as bayonetted fro 1 the right hand aide across -y abdoaen up to rty chest. Then I protea Ted to be dead and lay .ith others of our battery who had been hilled in this way7J I saw the bodies of Gar. Sv.ok, Gar. i:.S. Poon, ' Gar. A. Mo aid gdrr T.2?» Lau, and Gar. y.B.Tsang amongst others who had been bayonet 'ed. Groans were heard by ue froa nary during the night and soae of the other fellows oust have died fron their wounds during tie night. After 2 nights and three days, it aunt have been about 2Cth Deceaber, I left Cai "an Gun position and although in pain and feeling weak I tried to make my -..ay hone to Causeway gay, but I -was forced by Japanese whoa I net on the way to do coolie work. After one day of coolie work I nade way to the Catholic Church at Saukiwan where Rev. Pr# Shek and T|rs. Tinson dressed ajrb wounds and looted after ::e. (SOD) KARTII-I TS0 IIP I C'H t Sworn before me (Signature R.C. C00PSR (rank) Ilajor. (Description) "far Criir.es Investigation Team. This 24th day of January, i;46, "long Sbng. Detailed to e:;ardne the above by the Connander-in-Chief, Allied Land Porces, South gast Asia. Certified true Copy. R.C. COPPER...... Lt» ool Document IT0.5289A / } J / / ' Page 1 Summary ox" examination of Brother 1IIC::IAZL, HOGAI'. duly sworn states :- I an 59 years of age, of AIIERIOM nationality, and born at p:nilDEL?:iiA PA. , u.s.A .. 15y permanent address is 0AT10LIC POE31S7 ST0I3Hr CP AFRICA, IIAiLlu-IOLL.N.Y. I aa at present living at "VZTilZ TTOLL, S2AL1LSY. On December 25th, 1941 at 7 a, 1. the Japanese came. All of us (about 54 in number) were ordered downstairs. In about ui hour's tine 6 British Cffic were brought in. They were captured nearby. I laiew some of then: Lt. LA .HI:CB was tied most cruelly with a rope around his neck. I was afraid he would be strangled to death at any moment. a Japanese II.?. came and loosened the rope® '..'e were kept sitting out till the afternoon about 3 P«nu The British officers aero •.•arched do\/n the road. ".e \.ere forced to take off our lon^ coats and our hands vere tied behind our backs. They marched us down to the main rord and lined us up against the hillside. The si:: British officers T,ere lined up in front of' us about 3 feet avay. fhe Japanese Officer phoned up to somebody unknown and after a diort conversation he gave the command for the British Officers to be marched off to the gully 'which was only a few yards away around the corner. Shortly after, I hoard terrible screams of pain, and I saw a British Officer running from the direction from where the screams came, to about 5 yards in front of ne. Hers was a Japanese soldier guarding us and this Jap. soldier pierced this officer r;ith his bayonet slightly wounding the British who was thus forced to return to where he cane fron. After a time all the screens and cries ceased and I presumed that all the men had died. After this the Jap. Officer in-charge of us again phoned up somebody and a fairly long argument followed. After this we were all marched off to a building and tied up for three days and three nights. (Sgd.) Brother IHCIIASL IIOGAIT. Sworn before me........<, T.E. YEOII... (Capt.) "AR ORrSS HT7 SSTIGATION TEAM. Hong Hong. * This Thirteenth....day of March .<,.<,„ P1946 Detailed to examine tho above by the Commander-in-Chief, Allied Land Forces, South East Asia. (Autho rity:- ALFS.1A Tar Crimes Instruction No. 1 - Para, 7 ) Certified true copy (Signed) R.C. COOPER Lt. Ccl, )it> ofl Doc. No. 5101 / v page 1, DEPOSITION CANADA Province of Manitoba In the Matter of personnel held Prisoner of 'Jar by the Japanese and To Wit ) in the matter of the Deposition of Ho 6047. L/Sgt<, William Albert Winnipeg Grenadiers, C.A. I, No. H. 60479 L/Sgt. William Albert HALL, a member of His Majesty's Canadian Army, make oath and says- 1. I am No. Ho 6047, L/Sgt. William Albert HALL} I reside at 134 Main Street,, Rideout, Kenora, Ontario. I am a member of His Majesty's Canadian Army and at all times pertinent hereto a member of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, A. 2. I was with "A" Company of the Winnipeg Grenadiers during the fighting on Hong Kong Island and was captured at Mount Butler on the 19th of December, 1941» 3. During the 19th of December, 1941• our Company had been fighting on Mount Butler under Major Greshan. Although I do not know the size of the Japanese forces with which we were engaged, I believe that it was at least a regiment. He had been fighting since dawn and were completely cut off from the other units when at about 4100 p.m» Lieuto McKillop, who was the Senior Officer left alive, ordered our surrender, as our ammunition was practically exhausted and the large proportion, of our Company;: had been killed or were badly wounded. About two platoons of Japanese dis-armed us; our numbers having been reduced to twenty all ranks. 4« We remained in the position where we had surrendered for about fifteen or twenty minutes and were then marched down towards a shack, about a half mile below in the valley called Butler'3' Gap and where we were forced to spend the night. On the way down, ju3.t as we were passing our old anti-aircraft post, three Grenadiers,, namelys Pte. Shalen, B.Bo, L/Cpl- Land, R., and pte. Osadchuk, were hauled out of our ranks by some Japanese soldiers who had been resting at the side of the path and before I had taken more than four or five paces, I saw Pte, Uhalen hit on the head several times with the butt of a rifle and as he fell to the ground a Japanese soldier shot and killed him with, a revolver. At the same time as Pte. flhalen was being murdered, L/Cpl. Land and Pte. Osadchuk were bayoneted by at least three or four other Japanese _soldiers, and fell to the ground and appeared to die almost instantly^ I could not identify the Japanese soldiers responsible for this and I do not know the name of their unit, but Sgt. Pugsley, pte. Stewart, Do&o No. 5101 page. 2 Deposition ofs H.6047. L/Sgt. William Albert Hall Pte, Belli, and L/Sgt. Carrie0 all of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, were also present» 5® There were about six Japanese soldiers who were actually reap: die for the killing of Pte. Shalen, L/Cpl. Land and Pte„ Osadehuk, although the soldiers who were marching us down to the shack took no steps to prevent these soldiers being murdered„ 6. About fifty yards further down the path we came to a road along which we proceeded for about 200 or 300 yards until we came to the shack, It was here that I first saw a Japanese Officer although at the place we surrendered there had *>een several Noncommissioned officers and there also had been several Non-commi- ssioned officers guarding us on the way down to the shack„ I do not know the name or number of the Unit to which any of these men belongedo but it definitely was an Infantry Unit and it must have been a first or second regiment on to Hong Kong Island, 7o The Japanese Officer whom I saw at the shack on the 19th of December0 1941? was an Infantry Officer. He was short and stocky and weighed approximately 150 lbs, He was a Lieutenant; clean shaven, and spoke English slightly,, I believe that he was an Officer belonging to the Unit which took us prisoners as our guards appeared to know him well, 80 -During the night of the 19th of December„ 1941» I was in the shack with approximately ninety other prisoners who included about thirty Canadians and the rest being made up of British, Indian, Hong Kong volunteers and one Chinaman, There were three Canadian Officers and one British officer in the shaeko Tne ten Canadians who joined our group were brought down to the shack at a later time and ti 9y were all Wir.nipftg Grenadiers; but the only one I can remember by name was Sergeant Marsh., 9„ During the night our own Artillery scored two direct hits on the shack and many of the prisoners of war including two of the officers were kiJ.sd0 and another officer Lieut, Vo Mitchell of the Winnipeg Grenadiers was very badly wounded and I believe was killed in thi3 shack by the Japanese after we had left in the morning •> lOo On, the morning of the 20th of December„ 1941« those of us who were able to walk were moved to North point Camp. Those who. were unable to walk were left in the shack and none of them were heard of again, We were not permitted to carry those who were unable to walk; the Japanese guards stated that only those capable of walking unaided could proceedo Although Lieut, McKillop had been badly wounded„ when the shack was hit during the night„ he was able Doc. No. 5101 page 3. Deposition of 1 H.6047, L/Sgt. William Albert Hall to walk unaided and be proceeded with us. I am convinced that the Japanese killed all those who were left, as one of the Japanese Non- oommissioned officers stated that they„ the Japanese, could not be bothered looking after those who were unable to walk. 11. Our group arrived at North point Camp on the evening of the 20th of December, 1941, and on the following day several of us carried Lieut. McKillop to Argyle Street Barracks in Kowloan, where we were quartered until about the 30lb&. of December, 1941. Lieut. McKillop died at Argyle Street Barracks about, the 2nd Of January, 1942, due largely I believe, to the lack of medical'attention immediately after he was wounded at the shack. I did not see any of the wounded receive any medical attention whatsoever, although, many of them had received very serious wounds. 12. I was moved to Sham Shui Po on or about the 30th of December, 1941 and remained thare until the latter peErt of January, 1942. While at Sham Shui Po I did no work and although we received very little food I did not see any of the prisoners of war beaten. I saw several Chinese civilians tortured and tied up near the guard house at Sham Shui Po but I cannot now recall any specific instance nor do I know the names or units of the guards who were responsible for these atrocities. 13» About the end of January, 1942, I was taken with the rest of the Canadians to North point Camp, where I remained until taken to Bowen Road Hospital in the latter part of August, 1942. VJhile at North Point Camp I did no work until about June, 1942, when 1 went to work at the Xai-Tak Airport, about twice a week. 14. I was in the hospital at North Point Camp when four Canadian Prisoner,? of war escaped, namely, Sgt„ Payne, Pte. Ellis, Pte. Adams and L/Cpl. Benaenski. I believe it was the 21st of August, 1942, when this escape took place. During the evening of the escape, I saw these four soldiers getting ready in the Orderly Room of the Hospital. My bed was at the end of the ward„ closest to the Orderly Room seid J xiad a good view of what they were doing. They each had a small pack, in which they placed food of all kinds. They were all dressed warmly and each one of them had a complete battle dress, which I believe they wore leaving the eainp. I am not absolutely certain of the time I saw them in the Orderly room but it was between 10;00 and lljOC o'clock and it took them nearly an hour to complete their preparat ions. 4 15» About 11 j.15 p.m. I saw the four of them leave the Orderly Room in the Hospital and about ten or fifteen minutes later I heard a clattering sound from the slate roof of the hospital and it was very evident that the sound which I heard was caused by persons clambering Doc,, NOo 5101 . Deposition of s H.6C47° L/Sgt. w'oAoHall page 4 . over the roof. The clattering sounded very loud in the ward and when the noise on the roof stopped it was very quiet and I heard no shouting or shooting at any time throughout that night | although I lay awake for at least three hours after the four had gone. Immediately after I heard thi3 noise on the roof stop one of the hospital Orderlies, whose name I cannot now recall„ but who was a member of the Royal Rifles of Canada, came up to me and started to rub my feet to ease the pain, as I was suffering from beri beri of the feet and dysentery. This medical orderly remarked to me 5 " fell.0 they've finally got away". This orderly continued rubbing my i'eet for at1 least half an hour and then returned to the Orderly Room where I believe he remained for the rest of t he night. 16. The Japanese apparently did not realize that anybody had escaped until the morning roll call which was held between 8 jOO and 8j30 in the morning. Several of the Japanese came into the hospital and asked the patients various questions as to what they knew about the escape 0 but all of us advised them that we had heard and seen nothing0 17. The camp at North point was surrounded by a barbed wire fence about seven feet high. Some time during the Spring or early Summer of 19420 an electric fence was constructed about eighteen inches outside the barbed wire fence and was made approximately the same height as the barbed wire fence. This electric fence wa3 about the same distance outside the barbed wire fence all the way around the camp and although I am not sure of the exact distance between the fences8 I remember on one occasions about a month before the escape of the four soldiers, seeing a small dog electrocuted by having hi3 nose touch the electric fence while the back of his body was against the barbed wire fenceo This fence completely encircled North point Camp except for the area directly behind the hospital where there was no fence„ the fence being anchored to both ends of the hospital buildingo 18. During the evening of the day after the escape„ I f became semi-conscious and I am told at some time during the night or I the following morning I was taken to Bowen Road Hospital although I was unconscious at the time. I remained at Bowen Road Hospital until the end of November, 1942. 19• While I was at Bowen Road Hospital, I remember seeing Col. Bowie and Major Boxer slapped in the face several times by one of the Naval Headquarters staff; Naval Headquarters being ju3t down the hill from the Bowen Road Hospital . I do not now know the name of the Japanese who slapped Col. Bowie and Major Boxer but it was allegedly because there had been men 3een cheering allied plane3 which had flown over the Hong Kong area when orders had previously been given that there would be no cheering, and no leaving the Hospital when Allied planes were in the vicinity. Doco No„ 5101 Deposition ofs H.6o47, L/Sgt. *.A.Hall page 5o l 20. At the end of Novembers, 1942, I was discharged from Bowen Road Hospital and was sent directly to Sham Shui Po, where I remained until about the 19th of January, 1943® While at Sham Shui Po, I did no work and remained in the camp. 21. One evening approximately the l6th of January, 1943» Pte. Hawes0 Mo, Winnipeg Grenadier, and myself were beaten by the Kamloops Kid. The circumstances surrounding the beating being as follows % Hawes and myself were just proceeding from one hut to another, just at dusk, when we passed the Kamloops Kid, We saluted him, as per instructions that all prisoners of war would salute all Japanese soldiers and members of the camp staff. However, the Kamloops Kid apparently did not consider that we saluted sufficiently smartly and he stopped us and commenced striking Hawes and myself, with his fist, in the face. He struck Hawes four or five times in the face with his fist, knocking him down. While Hawes was down, the Kamloops Kid kicked him as hard as he could all over the body. Hawes managed to stand up and was again struck in the face four or five times by the Kamloops Kid, and wa3 knocked down a second time. From time to time while the Kamloops Kid was hitting Hawes he struck me hitting ras in the face with his fist four or five times„ but he took most of his vengeance out on Hawes and I was abl® to get off comparatively lightly „J The Kamloops Kid was about 5' tall,, weighed about 165 lbs., and was between 25 to 30 years old. He was a good looking and always very smart and neat in appearance and was clean shaven. He did not wear glasses, 22. On or about the 19th of January, 1943s I was sent in the first draft of Canadians from Sham Shui po to Japan, where we arrived at Nagasaki after a trip of about five days. On arrival at Nagasaki we were sent directly by train to Camp 3*0" at Kowasaki, which is between Tokyo and Yokohama. About five hundred Canadians under Capt. Reid, R.CoAoiioGo were in the draft which went to 3"D", and 3"D» was entirely Canadian; we being the first prisoners to occupy this camp. There were British and American camps in the vicinity of 3"D" but we had no communication with them. 23. All the time I was at Camp 3"D*„ Lieut, "Wamori* was the Camp Commandant, and he appeared to be fair in his treatment of the prisoners of war. Lieut. Wamori was about 5'10* tall, 35 years old, and weighed about 170 pounds. Lieut. Wamori stated that he was interested in athletics and he appeared to be well built for an athlete and was always smartly dressed. 24. While I was at 3"D", I worked in the shipyards of the Nippon Kokan Ship Yard Company» J reamed ships plates. I worked until about February, 19440 on reaming ships plates and the balance of my time in 3*D* I was on the »Clean-Up Gang", 25. I was in the hospital at 3»D" with Yellow Jaundice for about a month during July and August, 1943„ During this time I saw S/Sgt. Doco No. 5101 Deposition, of 5 H.o6o47 L/Sgt. W.A.Hall page 4. West and Rfmn, Pattingale being exercised around camp during the morning by various members of the camp staff and 011 several different days I saw them beaten by members of the Camp Staff and by the guards outside the guard room0 I believe that pract- ically every r-.ber of the camp staff struck S/Sgt0 West and Rfmn. pattingale at some time while they were being held under arrest. I saw on. various occasions at this time0 Yaraanakat, Baba„ Kondo„ and Shabata9 strike S/Sfet. West and Rfmn. Pattingale. They would be slapped and punched in the face and on one occasion I saw them being jSSit""with-a rubber hose. 26. Two or three days after I was released from the hospital, Kondo came into the hut one night with S/Sgt. West and made everyone stand to attention until the identity of the person from whom S/Sgt. West had obtained the shoes„ had been determinedo We stood at attention for about, three hours until finally S/Sgt. We3t felt that there was no use in us all being punished and he pointed out Soroko as being the person whose shoes he had obtained j whereupon Kondo struck Soroko with his fists ten or twelve times and then took him with S/Sgto West to the guard room. We were then permitted to go to bed, 27. On nearly every occasion in vrhich Kondo beat up S/Sgt. West, pete the Tramp, whose real name was "Ushita* , was with him, and from time to time he would strike S/Sgt. West as did the other members of the camp staff. 28. About the middle of December, 1944B I was sent to Head- quarters Can© in Tokyo with, twenty-two other Canadians from Camp 3*D"o I remained at Headquarters Camp for three and a half months and while there„ I was employed unloading rice, iron ore, paper and several other commodities from box cars. There were more than five hundred prisoners of war at Headquarters Camp when I arrived, with the majority being British and American. Our group of twenty- three were the only Canadians at the Camp, until February, 1945» when another seventy Canadians arrived from Shina Gawa<r 29» While at Headquarters Camp I was beaten up by Sergeant Watenabe in January,, 1945<> The circumstances surrounding the beating were as follows g One of the prisoners of war had been doing a paint job in the camp and had left the tin of paint with the lid uncovered and the paint pot in the wrong place. Sgt. Watenabe immediately called out all Canadians and proceeded to beat us up with his fists and a stick. He struck me with his fist eight or ten tines and also hit me across the neck with a stick which was slightly larger than a broom handle. I was knocked down twice but did not require medical attention, although I received a cut over my eye. I suffered no permanent injury. 1 Doc. No. 5!01 page 7. Deposition, of; H.6047 L/Sgt. * .A .Hall 30o Some time after my beating by Sgt. Watenabe I saw S/Sgt. Barton knocked down and beaten by Sgt. Watenabe. The Circumstances surrounding the beating were as follows s- S/Sgt. Barton was late for his lunch one day and was in the middle of eating when Sgt. Watenabe came into the hut. Sgt. Watenabe insisted that when he came into the hut everybody would stand and bow and remain in that position until he granted permission for them to carry on. S/Sgt. Barton stood up and bowed as required but upon Sgt. Watenabe giving the order to carry on S/Sgt. Barton apparently sat down too quickly, which annoyed Watenabe,, who went up to Barton and struck him ten or twelve times in the face with hi3 fist0 knocking him down and kicked him. He then pushed Barton out of the hut and continued kicking and hitting him for several minutes. This beating continued for about fifteen minutes and then Watenabe walked away and ordered S/Sgt. Barton to report to him at the orderly room that night. S/Sgt. Barton, stated later that upon reporting to the Orderly Room he was made to stand outside the Orderly Room for about an hour and was then dismissed. S/Sgt. Barton received several bruises and several sore ribs as a result of the beating which I witnessed but he did not require medical attention. I was standing beside S/Sgt. Barton in the hut when Sgt. Watenabe started to beat him. 3d. Sgt. Watenabe wa3 nick-named the "Bird". He wa3 about 5'6» tall0 30 years of age, weighed approximately 150 pounds. Pie was of medium build, clean shaven and smart in appearance. 32. About the end of March, 1945s I was sent from Headquarters camp Tokyo to Ohasi Camp 6 *B* and remained there until liberated on the 13th of September, 1945» Ohasi was approximately ten or twelve miles straight up the valley from Kamasux. There were about four hundred prisoners at Ohasij two hundred being Canadian, the balance being British, American and Dutch. While at Ohasi, I worked in tne iron mine at the five hundred feet level until the end of July, 1945 after which 1 worked on road construction until the 15th of August, when all work ceased. 33° About the first week of August„ 19450 myself and Pte. Downie of the Winnipeg Grenadierss were beaten up by the'"Shadow", whose real name I do not know. He was about 5'5H tall, very thin, sallow complexioned, pock marked face and wore glassesj about 35 years old, and weighed approximately 125 pounds. The following are the circumstances surrounding the beating j Downie and myself were pushing a 3mall car on the railroad track full of rock and dirt, Mien the "Shadow* came up behind us, carrying his walking stick with a hammer handle on the end of it, and proceeded to give us each two or three hits across the head with the head of the handle. My bead was very sore after this beating Doc. No. 5101 page 8 . Deposition of; H.6Q47 L/3gt. Hall and I had a large bump on the back of my head but I did not require medical attention. I cannot explain the reason for our beating but the "Shadow* stated that there should have been three men pushing the cart as it wa3 too heavy for only two men. It appeared that as there were only two of us pushing the cart, we were beaten. 34« I remained at Chasi until liberated by the Americans on the l^th of September„ 1945- 35 • Except as herein stated I do not at this time recollect any further information of atrocities or incidents of mistreatment of Allied prisoners of War. SWORN before me at the City of Winnipeg ) in the province of Manitoba, this 29th ) day of January, 1946. Consisting of ) seven pages, each signed by the Deponent ) ./a/ In Ac Hall (Ho6047. I/Sgt. W.A. Hall) Winnipeg Grenadiers, C.A. fin, Hn Jnhnann (A Notary Public: in and for the Province of Manitoba). Jocment ; ,o« 5230A /IrO) f) ?ar,e 1 Summary of examination Col. L.T. ;"Ude9r;-is ..do duly sworn states I an 48 years of age, of BRITISH Nationality, and born at HEU3T2AD, VICTORIA: lly permanent home is »TIIE liSPLAI-UDS" ijornington, VICTORIA. 1 an at present living at. .. During the fighting in December, 1941• in Hong Kong, I was Lt. Col., caiuaanding Hong Xong Field Ambulance, After the surrender of Hong ICong on 25th December, I94I1 I attempted many tines to get permission from the Japanese ID search the hills for our wounded, permission v:as consistently refused until on 29th December, I v.as given a per lit by a local area comander to go to Staalejr to collect wounded, I vent first to ,'OITG iUSI CI-IOITG Gap area, and in the area just south of the Gap, counted over 30 bodies of our dead. Ilany of then had their hands and foet tied, and many had bayonet stabs or sword wounds, mostly in their backs. One or two lad had their heads smashed in. At "The Ridge" Repulse Bay Road, about a dozen bodies had been thrown over a retaining wall between the two houses, their hands still tied behind their backs. Theory were both Naval and Jjr iy personnel and the majority had no identity discs.! I "rook the records of those with discs, but these notes were unfortunately captured by a Japanese patrol at ID ITGAJI SdAI! in Eastern IZwangtung on 17th January 1942, during ay escape fran the Colony, fl can remember the names of only two of the victims: one was It. Col IIACZÎ RSOiT, D.A. 3.0,S* who was -..earing his identity disc with his old rank and regiment - Captain, Royal Scots. Ilis body was lying face down, the hands still together behind his back. Tie forearms and hands were very swollen, excepting for a narroi. grove around the ..rists, indicating that thin rope that had tied the wrists had been removed sane tine after death. His head had been bashed in on one side. The other body was of Tinson, and it was lying in his house. I can re:lender no indication on his body as to the cause of death. On the steps leading to Lyon light l"o. 1115 by the roadside, vest of deep dater Bay, were the bodies of 6 Hiddlese:: O.Rs. recognisable by their hosetops. Their hands and feet were still tied. There were large blood stains on the cutting and the roadside on the opposite side of the road, and streaks of blood stretching from this, across the road to the steps where the bodies lay in a heap. Their heads had been almost completely severed by sword cuts. (Sgd.)...... ....Col. Sworn before ne (l.la jor) •AR CRI'US IiTVdSTIGATI .."IT TEA I 1I01TG J'lONG This day of .....1946 Detailed to ewadLne the above by the Commander-in-Chief, Allied Land Forces, South dast Asia. (Authority:- ALF8EA far Crimes Instruction No.l. dara 7) Certified true Copy 3of signed statement held by ar Crimes Registry NO ALFSEA and seen by ne ..R.C.COOPEP Lt. Col. Document No. 5284-A F t Page 1 Summary of examination of 1st Lieutenant T\HA.KA.r Hitos hi who duly affirmed and solemnly states"!- I am 30 years of age, of JAPANESE Nationality, and born at FUKUOKA PREFECTURE, KYUSHU, JAPAN, My permanent home is 35 - 3 CHO-ME, MATSUGAE CHO, KDF.U!® CITY, FUKUOKA, KYSHU, JAPAN. I am at present held in custody at STANLEY GAOL, HONG KONG. On the outbreak of Hostilities my Regt., took part in the capture of ticng Kong. At the end of January 1942? I j was transferred to ohe Prisoners of War Camp stall as Intelli- gence Officer™* My own sbai'f consisted of the following N.C.OS. ogts. MYASHI^C .vj_ ) and HAYAKAWA ( %• "j ) and Corporal TAKINO ( ) . All instructions^regarding prisoners of War were given by Colonel 'iTiTCTTTJAn,\ ( ), Commandant of Prison Camps, Hong Kong, or by his Adjutant Capt. KURATA ( $ )• The latter was replaced at the end "of 194^ "by Captain Y0.K0I ( ft? ). At about 2 a.m. of a certain in June or July 1942, four Canadians (Sgt. PAINE, Pte. BARNES and two others) escaped from NORTH POINT C\?:? during a storm. They had some- how procured a boat and in attempting to cross to the Kowloon side the boat capsized. They were picked up by 2nd Lt. MATSJIIIQ1L ( ), who went in pursuit of them and were taken to KAI TAK Aerodrome. Here they were cut down with sworcts., stabbed W^h haynnfitg flpd R^ot. Their bodies were later- taken by truck to P.O.W. Camp K.Q. Forfar Road. No death certificates were issued and no funeral rites were held. Tokyo was informed that they had been shot whilst escaping from a P.O.W. CampT\ 2nd Tieut. MAT8UM0T0 who at that time was officer i/c of The Guard at North Point was later transferred to New Guinea or Rabaul. r At about 10 o'clock the same date, I met Colonel TOKUNAGA. Lt. WADA ( fa ® ), 2nd Lt. MATSUHOTO and Private GOTO ( ) at H.QS. Lieut WADA had already been to KAI TAK Aerodrome. A true report was nade to Colonel TOKUNAGA who apDroved of the action taken. I hereby declare that the statement above was given by me voluntarily after being cautioned and informed that I was not obliged to make any statement and that if I did it might be given in evidence. (signed) H. TANAKA. INTERPRETER: I certify that I truly translated the above summary to the witness in his own language prior to his signature which appears above. (signed) BEACON YEH Solemn declaration made before me F.V. COLLISON, Capt. WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATION UNIT, HONG KONG. This Thi" d day of April, 1946. Detailed to examine the above by the Commander-in-Chief, Allied Land Forces, South East Asia. (Authority:- ALFSEA War Crimes Instruction No. 1 para 7). CSN. Certified true oopy. (signed) C.C. Cooler Lt. Col. jirC^R Doc, No, 5C99 Page 1 IN THE MATTER OF THE ILL-TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR AND aTOOP ttttpg rni^ITTED AT SHAMSHUIPO CAMP. HONGKONG,. 30 DECEMBER 194-1 UNTIL AUGUST A F F I D A V I T I, Major ROBERT DIOBY BUCK, Royal Army Pay Corps, an officer of the Regular Array, with permanent home address at 111, ONSLOW GARDENS, WALDINGTON, SURREY, MAKE OATH and say as follows 1. I was captured at HONGKONG "by the Japanese on 25 December 1941 and was taken from the Island to a camp on the west side of the pennisular opposite HONGKONG, known as SHAMSHUIPO. I remained at SHAMSHUIPO from 30 December 1941 until August 1945. 2. On 18 April 1942 about three hundred officers were removed from SHAMSHUIPO Camp to a camp on the other side of the penninsular known as ARGYLL STREET CAMP. Some forty , officers were lef-j at SHAMSHUIPO Camp. ARGYLL STREET was known as Camp 'N5 and was for officers. Camp SHAMSHUIPO was, except for the forty officers remaining, the Camp for Other Ranks. On 1 May 1944 ARGYLL STREET CAMP was evacuated and the officers there v/ere brought back to SHAMSHUIPO. There, the officers were kept separate from the other ranks but, while at SHAMSHUIPO, they retained their identity and camp name - namely Camp 'N1 so that Camp 'S1 (Other Ranks) and Camp !N r (Officers) were .ocated at SHAMSHUIPO but kept separate and distinct. 3. The Camp Commandant of Camp fSs from February 1942 until early 1943 was Lieutenant SAKAINO. He was succeeded by Lieutenant WADA who remained Commandant until the end of 1943. WADA then became sick and the Commandant from the end of 1943 until the end of 1944 was Lieutenant TANAKA. Lieutenant TANAKA was in charge but the camp in fact was run by a Japanese Warrant Officer named HONDA. Early in 1945 Lieutenant WADA returned and was Commandant until August 1945® WADA and HONDA were quite good, particularly HONDA: I have nothing against them nor against Lieutenant TANAKA but Lieutenant SAKAINO was an indifferent Commandant. Doc. No. 5089S Page 3 4. I have read the affidavit made on 23 November 1945 by Lieutenant-colonel F.D. FIELD. I confirm the matters spoken to in his affidavit so far as they relate to what occurred in Camp {S:. I have the following further observations to make: (a) The 'Lieutenant' LLOYD referred to in paragraph 3 of Lieutenant-eolonol FiKLD's affidavit was a Serjeanc 5 (b) The Captain BROWN referred to in paragraph 4 of the said affidavit is Major PETER* X. BROWNj (c) Tho Flying-Officer GREY referred to in paragraph 6 of the said affidavit is Flight-Lieutenant HECTOR BERTRAM GRAY5 (d) Two other ranks were involved with Captain FORD and Flight-Lieutenant GRAY and were also tortured; they are Serjeant HARDY, Royal Air Force and a Serjeant ROOTLELGE; (e) I was informed by several fellow prisoners, who had seen Lieutenarrc BARNETT's condition, that he had been beaten up by the Japanese Camp'Serjeant EARATA, as mentioned in paragraph 11 of Lieutenant- colonel FIELD-s affidavit. 5. In July 1942 at SHAMSIIUIPO an attempt at a tunnel was discovered by the Japanese. About eight British other ranks were removed by the Japanese some time later. All excopt four of those taken away returned. I was told that all of those taken away had been interrogated and general ill-treated by the XEMFETAI. I heard nothing more about the four who did not return until, in August 1945, I saw a list prepared by the Japanese in which these four were named as having been killed by shooting. The four other ranks in question were; No. 6202127 - Lance-corporal BYRNE Middlesex Regiment 6202767 - Private BRANSON Middlesex liegiment 6200/91 Private DUNNE Royal Army Ordnance Corns 7608321 - Private STOPFORTK Royal Army Ordnance Corps The officer in charge of the KSMPETAI at this time was a Colonel NOMA: I believe that he left for Japan early in 1945. Deo. No. 5099 Page 3 | 6. In October 1942 I was informed by the Japanese that a sum of money had been made available by the Vatican for the benefit of prisoners. I was requested to prepare a list of articles upon which this money should be expended. I made a list which included drugs, and food for invalids. About a month later the Roman Catholic Padre of the camp, the Reverend E.J. GREEN who, I believe, could be found at "CRAWFORD", 36 MARCEMONT ROAD, WALDINGTON, SURREY, wrote to the Commandant, Lieutenant SAKAINO asking that the supply of goods requested should be expedited. He was taken before the Commandant and he explained the purport of his letter and was dismissed. About Ten minutes later the Reverend GREEN was ordered to the Commandant's office; there he received a very severe beating up at the hands of Serjeant ICURASAKI and the Interpreter INOUYE. Lieutenant SAKAINO was not present. I saw the Reverend GREEN immedi- ately after the beating up and he had been very severely knocked about. He was taken to hospital shortly after- wards and I consider, in company with many others, that this ill-treatment adversely affected his health for the whole period of his captivity. 7. In regard to the escape which was effected in April 1942 from Camp 'S1, a Serjeant BEARD - a branch manager of a canteen who had donned khaki and was given the local rank of servant -5 and a Lieutenant T.A. PEARCE, Royal Artilleiy were removed, interrogated and ill-treated. It was alleged that they had some knowledge of the escape but, in BEARD's case, he had no knowledge and was apparently mistaken by the Japanese for Lieutenant BARD. 8. Soon after the departure of the officers to ARGYLL STREET certain Royal Army Ordnance Corps and other technical personnel among the prisoners were employed by the Japanese on repairing guns at STANLEY. I took it upon myself to protest to the Interpreter TSUTADA but could get no satisfaction. Towards the end of 1942 working parties of prisoners from SHAMSHUIPO were employed on the enlargement of KAI TAK Aerodrome. A Lieutenant E.H. FIELD, Royal Artillery, protested. He was taken before the adjutant of Colonel TOKUNAGA at whose hands he suffered a severe beating. Doc. No. 5089S Page 3 9. (a) T7ith regard to the Japanese named in para- graph 16(a) of the said affidavit of Lieutenant-colonel FIELD I am in agreement with such paragraph except with respect to the Japanese KCCEI Dnd FUJIHARA therein men-tioned whom I have never seen. (b) Of the other Japanese whom I have named: (i) NOMA (Colonel) was in charge of the KEMPETAI in HONGKONG from, I believe, late 1941 until his departure to Japan which, I think, occurred at tho end of 1944 or beginning of 1945. Ke was well-known in HONGKONG. (ii) TSUTADA, was Interpreter at SHAMSHUIPO from about February 1942 until early 1944 after which I never saw him again. He was then aged twenty-two to twenty-five years; height 5 feet 7 inches; dark hair; his facial appearance favoured that of a European rather than that of a Japanese; he wore glasses and was clean-shaven; he was of slight but wiry build; spoke English fluently and was a man of considerable administrative ability. I believe he was educated in Singapore where his father was a Japan- ese dentist. (iii) KURASAKI (Serjeant) was aged about thirty; height five feet; clean-shaven; wore spectacles; stocky in build and of considerable strength. I believe that at the end of 1943 or early in 1944, his time period of service in the Japanese Army having expired, he took a civilian tost in HONGKONG and may well be in British custody. (iv) IN0UY3 was aged about twenty-five; height about 5 feet 8 inches; hair dark; clean- shaven; was solid and well-built. He had spent his boyhood in CANADA at a place called. CAMLOOPS. About the end of 1943 he left SHAMSHUIPO and, although I did not see him again, I believe that he went to the southern regions, returned to HONGKONG and was in British custody. Doc. No. 5089S Page 3 (v) The Japanese NIM0T.THI mentioned by Lieutenant- colonel FIELD, I heard, had studied law in America. 10. In my capacity as Acting Command Paymaster I pre- pared a statement of casualties happened to prisoners who had been captured. The Japanese produced a state- ment which purported to show also what had happened to all prisoners of war captured in HONGKONG. This state- ment showed prisoners who had been according to the Japanese executed or killed; this statement I brought home and I understand is now in the possession of "Casualties P.W. ' , the War Office. SWORN by the aforesaid ROBERT ) DIGBY BUCK at 6 Spring Gardens ) in the City of WESTMINSTER this) (SIGNED) R.D. BUCK. THIRD day of DECEMBER 1945, ) BEFORE ME, (SIGNED) RATHCREEDAN, Captain Legal Staff. OFFICE OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL, LONDON, S.W. 1. I certify that this is a true copy of the original affi- davit . /s/ R.G. deC. WONNELL, Major Office of the Judge Advocate General. Doc. No. 5093 »» Dfii-CJITIOK page 1 . CANADA TRCVINCE MANITOBA TC AIR ) In the matter of Canadian Prisoners of War at Hong. Kong and Vicinity, r I, George TRI3T, of the City of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, residing at Suite , Layton .Apartments, 830 Corydon Avenue, a Lieutenant-ColoneL in the Canadian Armyj make oath ana sayT- 1. In civil life I am an accountant in the employ of the corporation of the City of Winnipeg. ifite-.t'M* sPJ I r 2, I was an officer in the Winnipeg Grenadiers and I took part in the defence of Hong Kong. ? On the surrender of the Fortress on the 25th of December, 1941, I was stationed at Mount Gough when'about 1530 hours I saw a white flag run up on the Mount Gough Police Station. An Imperial Artillery Officer, whose name I do not know, later came and advised me of the surrender of the fort- ress and instructed me to take all arms to the rendez- vous at Mount Austin Barracks where I was to place all • the arms in one room, keep it locked up and confine the troops to barracks. I went there with the troops immed- iately and carried out the instructions, Attached to this my affidavit and marked EXHIBIT "A" is a certified true copy of the original written instructions issued to me. From then until the relief in 1945 I w a s a prisoner of war inthe hands of the Japanese. 3° After the withdrawal of the mainland force to the Island of Hong Kong the Canadian Force was divided into two parts 5 the Winnipeg Grenadiers continued tc serve under the command of Brigadier Lawson and formed part of the West Brigade; the Royal Rifles of Canada came under the command of Brigadier Wallace who commanded the East Brigade. The dividing line of the two Brigades was, roughly, what is known as the Repulse Bay Road, which runs from the east end of the city of Victoria on the north shore of the island to Repulse Bay at the south. This situation continued until the capitulation of the Island on December 25th, 1941. On the death of Brigadier Lawson on December 19th, 1941, Lieut. Col. J.L.R. Sutcliffe, Winnipeg Grenadiers, assumed temporary command of the Brigade for forty-eight hours and then Col. Rose assumed command„ 4« During the days immediately following the sur- render, with the troops, I moved to peak Mansions and thence to Sham Shui po Camp on the mainland where I remained until the 23rd of January, 1942. At this time the Winnipeg Grenadiers and a small party of the Royal Doc. No. 5C93 fc Deposition of %Li,. Sol. George Trist page 2. Rifles of Canada were the only Canadians at Sham Shui Po Camp; the Royal Rifles of Canada being at North Point Camp. On January 23rd„ 19420 sill the Canadians at Sham Shui Po were moved to North Point Camp. For the first three monthst> until April 19420 we had some Naval per- sonnel with us at North Point. From, then until September 1942 it was purely Canadian„ the Naval personnel being transferred to Sham Shui po. ;?e then went back to Sham Shui po Camp where there were approximately 4»500 all told of whom 1,400 were Canadians, the balance being Imperials and Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. In Augusts, 19430 the senior Canadian Officers were trans- ferred to Argyle Street Camp in Kowlpon and detained there until May0 19440 when they were sent back to Sham Shui po Camp but kept separate, no communication being allowed with the men. In April 1945 the balance of the junior officers„ less six0 were moved into the officers' portion of Sham Shui Po Camp. Up until this time the junior officers had been in contact with the men. To the best of ray recollection the six officers left with the men were s- H/Capatain James BURNETT Captain. Sin. P.O. BOUTILLIER Lieutenant F.V. DENNIS Lieutenant J»E„ PARK Lieutenant Win. F. NUGENT Lieutenant Angus A. lfecMILLAN This situation lasted until the relief. 5« A Labour Draft of one officer and 662 men, com- posed entirely of Canadian prisoners, of war, was sent to Japan on January 19th8 1943° A second draft consist- ing of 376 Other f&nks was sent to Japan on the 15th of August t, I943. There were two more drafts sent to Japan after I had been taken to Argyle Street Camp. 6. The rations issued to the prisoners of war in Hong Kong, officers and men alike„ were at times of a char- acter that in Canada we would not use for pig fodder. The rice was obviously floor sweepings and the vegetables consisted of potato and chrysanthemum tops^j We got a meat ration up until July, 19428 and none "from then until june0 1945» at which time two ounces per man per week was issued. There was a small issue of salt; sugar, four ounces per man per month„ unless it was missed; tea usually in sufficient quantity; no milk; no butter; occasionally an issue of soya beans; no cereal or fats; a certain amount of peanut oil. An issue of cigarettes was supposed to be made once per month to Canadian per- sonnel employed in the camp. It was called a "workers Doc,.. No. 5 0 3 3 . Deposition of L t . C o l . George Trist page 3 . issue*. This issue varied in amount and was never reg- ular. The food ration varied greatly in quantity. It was supposed to be standardized at 660 grams of rice per day but many times fell as low as 300 grams per day per man. At best with the full issue it would not make more than one good meal. Fuel for cooking was always short and some times we had to go a day without food because there was no fuel to cook it with. I 7« Sham Shui Po Camp which comprises Nankin and Hankow Barracks5 was looted of every movable article including doors, windows, etc. by the Chinese during the early occupation of Kowloon by the Japanese and when we were first interned there, there was absolutely nothing but the empty shells of the huts. No beds or bedding were supplied by the Japanese and we were compelled to sleep on the cement floors. We blocked up the door and window openings with bits of cocoanut matting, old bricks and corrigated iron salvaged from destroyed buildings in the vicinity of the camp. This was still the situation when the Canadians were moved from Sham Shui Po to North point Camp, January 23rd, 1942. North Point had been a Chinese refugee camp prior to the war and had been built to house the Chinese refugees pouring into Hong Kong Area from the Japanese occupied portions of China to the NorAh. I have been told that prior to the war it accommodated approximtely 60c of these people. After the surrender and during the period the Navy personnel were with the Canadians at North Point approximately 2,200 all ranks were interned thereo This camp was equipped with double tier wooden beds left by the Japanese but which were not nearly sufficient to accommodate all of the prisoners of War. Some of the men. were able to make beds from lumber sal- vaged from two huts which had been destroyed during the bombardment, others were compelled to sleep on the floor. The huts were extremely crowded until the Navy moved out in April 1942 when the situation was eased off. The building used as a camp hospital was a disgrace. The cenent floor was below the ground level and during the rainy season there was always several inches of water covering the floor. On our return to Sham Shui Po in September, 1942, we found very little improvement in the hut situation. The door and window frames were still blocked up with bricks, sheets of iron etc., except that a few windows had been salvaged from the Jubilee Building on the water Doc,.. No. 5 0 3 3 . Deposition of L t . C o l . George Trist page 67. front. Sleeping platforms had been built running the full length of the huts. These had become infested with bed bugs which were impossible to get rid of and after numerous complaints to the Japanese we were permitted to pull these out and the men went back to sleeping on the floor. No dishes or utensils of any kind were provided by the Japanese and for the first three months we U3ed old tin cans or any other thing we could lay our hands on as dishes. After the officers received their first three months pay 3uch things as dishes, knives, forks, spoons etc. were purchased through the canteen and as far as was possible the officers helped out the men who were the worst off for these articles. No stoves were issued by the Japanese and all cooking was done by stoves and ovens built with salvaged bricks etc. At North Point and Argyle Street Campa there was running water for wash- rooms „ showers„ and toilets but at Sham Shui Po there were flush toilets. Buckets were used and the excreta was ried in the garden twice a day. The camps were infested with bed bugs and rats. During the first two years the Japanese supplied a small quantity of carbolic acid occasionally for spraying the huts but this was later discontinued. About twice a year they would bring about ten rat trap3 into the camp for a period of approximately one week and v&ile a number of rats were always caught it did not appear to make any dif- ference in the number remaining. Monthly issues: of soap, tooth pcwder0 tooth brushes, small towels and talcum powder were begun in the early months of 1942 and were continued until late in 1943 or early 1944 when they became irregular and never in sufficient quantities to go round the camp. In the latter months of the war the issues were spaced to one every three months. The soap was of very poor quality and was never sufficient to last the allotted period. At the time of the surrender many of the men had only the clothes they 3tood up in although those who were lucky enough to have a blanket were per- mitted to keep what they could carry. No issue of blankets was made by fee Japanese until the early winter of 1943 when each man was supplied with two blankets. Various small issues of Red Cross clothing were made by the Japanese from time to time but never in sufficient quan- tities to be of any real value. prior to the removal of the senior Canadian officers from Sham 3hui Po to Argyle Street Camp0 the Canadians operated a3 a force under instructions from the Jap anese. Daily inspections of the men"a quarters were carried out. by the orderly officer to assure they were kept clean and Doc,.. No. 5 0 3 3 . Deposition of L t . C o l . George Trist page 5. in as sanitary a condition aa was possible. Once a week a camp inspection was carried out by Lt.Col. Home our Can?i Coimandant , or one of the Battalion Commanders de- tailed by him. On this weekly inspection the S.M.O. or one of his assistants always accompanied the inspecting officer. 8. There wa3 no distinction between the treatment accorded officers and men, except that at Hong Kong the officers did not have to work, 'but we actually did camp fatigues such as gardening and cutting wood to sare the men from having to do this sort of work. 9. With regard to the state of health of the troops and the state of medical supplies, I know that no medical supplies in any quantity were furnished until about 1943 except what we purchased with money supplied by the offic- ers from their pay. I know that it was April 1943 before I personally received treatment for beri beri and what we locally described as "electric feet", both of which ail- ments started in August, 1942. The officers contributed various amounts per month to a medical fund for t he pur- chase of drugs which were purchased through sentries. 10. On various occasions working parties from Argyle Street Camp reported to me that at Japanese Headquarters, that is to say the Headquarters of Colonel Tokunaga, Commander of all prisoner of War Camps in Hong Kong and vicinity, they had observed lots of empty Red Cross tins such as are supplied by the British Red Cross (meat, butter, milk, bully-beef, etc.) lying around these Head- quarters. The men who reported this to me and whom I believe to be telling the truth, were Euan of the Imperial Force and at this time I do not recall their names. During the whole period of my captivity I received nine Red Cross parcels and one personal individual parcel of clothing. The latter I received on the 27th of February, 1945» although it bore postmarks indicating it had been mailed on the 10th of April, 1942. I also received on the same date a parcel of 1,000 cigarettes. This was the first and only parcel of cigarettes received by ire although I have knowledge of several parcels being sent to me. Some of the men also got nine Red Cross parcels each. The only difference I know of was that at Argyle 3treet Camp people there got one and two-thirds less parcels than we got. I was one of four or five fortunate officers who received a personal parcel.. None of the others did. I do know of cases where some of the soldiers got one personal parcel. 11. The officers were paid equivalent to Japanese of the same rank. The men were paid tea sen per day, only if working. At the beginning fifteen sen or the proceeds Doc,.. No. 5 0 3 3 . Deposition of L t . C o l . George Trist page 6 . of a day and a half of labouX by the soldier would pur- chase ten cigarettes„ Later as prices rose the same number of cigarettes would cost forty yen (or 4t>C00 sen). These were the black market prices. The canteen prices for the same number of cigatettes varied from fourteen to twenty-three yen but very few cigarettes were available at the canteen. At this time coolie labour in the vic- inity of Hong Kong was being paid thirty yen per day plus rice rations. Attached to this my affidavit and marked EXHIBIT *B* are lists of current prices on various dates as taken-from Hong Kong newspapers. From my personal knowledge of prices „ I am able say that they are correct quotations. 12. In my own personal pay as an example, I was sup- posed to get 170 yen per month, equivalent to $43®93 and while I was compelled each month to sign, an acquittance roll for this amount I never at any time received the full amount. From the 1st of January, 1942„ to the 30th of June, 1943? a deduction of sixty yen per month was made by the Japanese for rations and quarters and the bal- ance of 110 yen per month was paid to me in cash. On the 1st of July, 19430 this deduction was reduced to 30 yen per month and was that up until the 31st of July,1945» when I was paid 14,0 yen per month, except that on the 1st of October, 1943s a compulsory savings account was started by the Japanese and a deduction of forty yen per month was made from my pay until the 31st of Decembers, 19440 when this was reduced to twenty yen per month until the time of surrender. At the time of the surrender this money was offered back to me by the Japanese authorities, but I did not wish to accept any milite y yen at this time because the military yen had been practically valueless for several months prior to the surrender. However, each officer was furnished with an individual bank book showing a credit for the deducted amount. 13o During the period in which I was a prisoner of war, protests about treatment were handled by Lt.Col. Home, our Camp Commandant, I never had any opportunity personally to protest as I had no contact, but I made all complaints of protests through Lt.Col. Home. 14" The so-called parole given by the troops at Hong Kong was in the form of an affidavit to the effect that we swore we would not attempt to escape under any circum- stances. The Camp Commander at North Point Camp tried to get us to sign and we refused. Then Col. Tokunaga5 who was in charge of all the Prisoner of !?ar Camps in the Ilong Kong area, called a conference at the Camp Commander's Doc,.. No. 5033. Deposition of Lt .Col . George Trist page 7 . house , the Gamp Commander then being 2nd/Lieut. Wada. Col. Tokunaga tried to get us to sign and said it was an order of the Japanese Army and we would be disobeying an order of the Japanese Army if we refused to sign and we would be court-martialled and disposed of according to Japanese Military Law. Col. Tokunaga, speaking through an inter- preters whose name I do not know, told us General Maltby had signed. Lt. Col. Home thereupon asked permission to get in touch with General Maltby or be allowed to telephone him. This was refused. Finally we decided to sign but told Col. Tokunaga as we were doing so under pressure we did not consider it to be binding. Present at this meeting were Lt.Col. I. J. Home, Lt. Col. J. H. Price, Major Fred T. Atkinson, Major C.A. Young, R.R.C. and Major H.I. Hook, the latter new deceased. This happened on or about the end of April or beginning of May, 1942.' We were about two hours at this conference. We pointed out to Col. Tokunaga that such a course was against our Military Law and against our Military Regulations govern- ing conduct of prisoners of war and that it was our mil- itary duty to attempt escapes, if possible. He replied that we were no longer officers, that we were merely prisoners of war and that refusal to obey an order of the Japanese Army would hare serious consequences. He order- ed us to go back to Camp and instruct the men to sign. This we refused to do but told him that we would advise the men that we ourselved had signed and leave it to them to do as they thought fit. He thereupon said that if we would not do the ordering, he would. Eventually most of the men signed, but one B-40638 Cpl. Porter, J., R.R.C. refused to sign the parole and ho was taken away \ and interned for a week.J Subsequent to his return it was ''"generally understood throughout the camp that he had been beaten and ill-treated during his absence in an attempt to make him sign, which I understand he eventually did. 1 did not have any conversation with Cpl. Porter on his return and do not recall any direct source of this infor- mation. It wa3 common talk in the camp. I am unable to say what his physical condition was on his return. 15 o Routine slapping by sentries was so common that no one paid much attention to it« Officers and men were slapped indiscriminately. During the last eighteen months of our captivity the sentries in the various Camps were not Japanese but were Fonro3ans who were considerably more friendly to the prisoners and they did all the trading for us. 16. Various atrocities were reported at the time of Doc,.. No. 5 0 3 3 . Deposition of Lt.Col. George Trist page 8. the surrender although I do not know of any personally as I was in the rear party out of the fighting area. I did hear of them and I do know that a lot of our wounded who were left in shelters were never seen or heard from again. 170 Except for the funeral of Lt. Col. John L. R. Sutcliffe at Bowen Road Hospital,, which was attended by the Senior Canadian Officers, the only Canadians who were ever allowed to accompany a body to the cemetery were the officiating padre and a party of pallbearers. No information of any kind relating to deaths from disease or other causes in hospitals, outside the camp was ever given to us by the Japanese. The only way we heard; of the various deaths would be by information supplied by another hospital patient on return to camp or some similar source. As far as the labour drafts that left the Hong Kong area for Japan are concerned, no information of any kind relating to casualties was ever supplied to me by the Japanese staff nor do I know of any that was ever supplied to any other Canadian officer. No one ever rerurned to the Hong Kong prisoner of War Camps where we were imprisoned after they had once been shipped away on labour drafts. (a) On or about the 21st day of December,, 1942, I witnessed the beating and kicking cf Captain John A. Norries, Winnipeg Grenadiers, and the kicking and beating of Major F.T* Atkinson, Royal Rifles of Canada, by the Japanese interpreter named inouye, niclamed the Kamloops Kid.j Attached aa Exhibit to this my affidavit is a "photograph depicting three-Japanese. The one sitting on the right — aa you look at the picture -- with his mouth open and his hands clasped between his knees is the Japanese interpreter referred to and known as Inouye or the Kamloops Kid, who beat and kicked Captain Norris and kicked Major Atkinson. Inouye was well known to me and he claimed to have been born in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. The circumstances of the beating and kicking of Captain Norris and Major Atkinson are as follows; It happened during the regular roll-call parade at Sham Shui Po Camp on the afternoon of December 21st0 I942. In Camp at this time were approximately 4o500 Prisoners of War of whom about 1,400 were Canadians, the balance being Imperials and Hong Kong Volunteers. Upon making a check by count of the Winnipeg Grenadiers present on parade I ascertained that two were absent. Upon further check it I personally witnessed the following incidents;- Doc.. No. 5093 Deposition, of Lt . Col. George Tri3t page 9 . wa3 found that the two missing were hospital orderlies. They were immediately sent for. '«*hile the two orderlies were being rounded up Inouye , nicknamed "Kamloops Kid*, came on parade with the Japanese Gamp Commaidant and assisted the Camp Commandant in making a check. I report- ed to Inouye that two were absent but they had been sent for. He made a checsk and found three missing. The third was accounted fcr by explaining to Inouye that he had been detailed to go for the other two. Inouye then proceeded to check the Royal Rifles of Canada who were lined up on the left of the Winnipeg Grenadiers. While Inouye was making this check of the Royal Rifles of Canada the two missing orderlies came on the parade ground but were not permitted to fall in line with the others but were detained at the right of the line. The third party fell in line. Subsequently, Captain Norria, who was the Company Commander of the two missing men was called out by Inouye and taken by him to the right of the line where the Japanese Camp Commandant was. I do not know the name of this Camp Conrnandant. Lt. Col. Home, our Camp Commandant and Major Atkinson, who was acting as Brigade Major, were with the Japanese Camp Coirmandant . There was some con- versation between the Japanese Gang) Commandant, Inouye and Captain Norris, but I was too far away to overhear the conversation. t was at this time that Inouye started to beat Captain Noriiss over the face with one hand and then hit him over the head with a roll-call board he was earring in the other hand. These blows caused Capt. Norris to fall down and while he was down he was kicked by inouye. The Japanese Camp Commandant in no way inter- fered. During this ill treatment of Capt. Norris by mouye. Major Atkinson appeared to say something to Inouye who then turned on Major Atkinson and kicked him in the knee. I was less than one hundred yards away and being in front of the parade I could clearly see what took place, AS a result of this ill treatment administer- ed to Captain Norris,, ne was assisted to the Medical Inspection hut, which was about twenty yards from where the beating took place. Capt. Norris was still in the Medical Inspection hut when the parade was dismissed. I next saw Captain Norris about two hours later and at that time his face was badly bruised and swollen. He did not make any statement to me. (b) Another incident concerned Lieut. Barnet of the Hong Kong Naval Volunteers. This occurred at Sham Shui Po in the Spring of 1944c during a Red Cross inspection by a representative of the Swiss Government„ a German Swiss by the name, of Zindal. I was told by several prisoners occupying the same hut. Imperials whose names I do Doc,.. No. 5 0 3 3 . Deposition of L t . C o l . George Trist page 10. not recallB. that Lieut. Barnet spoke to the Red Cross re- presentative and said "We are being starved to death, can you do anything for us" or words to that effect. He was rushed out of the hut by Mr. Nomuri, one of the inter- preters on the staff of the Camp, and two sentries and was placed in a storeroom. The Red Cross representative was then taken out of the Can?) without completing his inspec- tion. After the Red Cross representative left, Sgt. Harata, a soldier who had come to1 the camp late in 1943 or early in 19440 returned with two sentries and took Lieut. Barnet out of the storeroom and started to beat him about tue head. Sgt. Harata struck Lieut. Barnet several blows with his sheathed sword knocking him uncon- scious.J After Lt. Barnet revived the same Japanese took him out^of the officers section of the Camp ostensibly to take him to the Japanese office. Lt, Col. White, Royal Scots, acting Can?) Commandant of the camp, demanded from Lieut. Wada, the Japanese Camp Commandant„ that Lieut. Barnet be returned. Lieut. Barnet was held for approx- imately forty-eight hours and then returned to Camp, where he was immediately placed in hospital for treatment. I saw the beating which he received and the pari; in which he was taken out of Can?), although I was not close enough to him to observe the extent of his injuries. Attached to this my affidavit and marked EXHIBIT «C" i3 a photograph of three Japanese. I recognize the interpreter, Mr. Nomuri, as being in the centre position of the three sitting. Mr. Nomuri, known as "Panama Pete", was sup- posed to have been in the united States and had travelled for some time with a Side Show. He aped the conduct of the Chicago Gangster as much as possible. (c) I personally did not witness the alleged incident of Dr. Saito beating the hospital orderlies and the only knowledge I have of this was from a very indirect source. (d) At North Point Camp on the morning of August, 2oth, 19420 we were permitted to have the 0800 hour roll- call in the huts because it was raining. The usual custom was to have the roll-call on the parade Ground. This roll- call was taken by the Company Commanders. Owing to the .congested living conditions in the huts it would be impos- sible to check each man individually at roll-call but when the roll was called apparently each name was answered. The Company Commanders then reported verbally their find- ings to the adjutant ifco in turn made up a parade state for the Brigadeo The parade state for this day showed the Battalion as being all present. About 1000 hours I had occasion to send for Sgt. J.0. Payne a3 I wanted to see Doc,.. No. 5 0 3 3 . Deposition of L t . C o l . George Trist page 11. the sketches of the camp area and the huts which he was engaged in making. I was informed that he could not be found. I then proceeded to his hut and made inquiries as to where he was and was informed by some of the N.C.O.'s in his hut that he had escaped during the night. At this time T do not recall who the N»C,0,'3 were that informed me. I immediately ordered a muster parade of the Battalion. This would be between 1000 hours and 1030 hours. I dis- covered Sgt. Payne and three others were missing from this parade and subsequently found the other three to be H-670O L/Cpl. George Berzenski, H-6294 Pte. John H. Adams and H -677I pte, Percy J. Ellis. On making inquiries from men who occupied the same huts as the missing men, I was advised that they had escaped during the night. I inmediately made a personal report to Lt. Col. Home giving him the names of those who were missing and who were reported to have escaped. He in turn reported this to the Japanese Can?) Commandant, Lieiut» Wada, The Japanese Camp Commandants Lieut. Wada, immediately called a muster parade of the entire camp. This would be about 1100 hours. All the can?) personnel were found to be present with the exception of the four afore- mentioned parties. The parade was then dismissed. No further action was taken until about 2200 hours the same day when Col. Tokunaga and a number of his staff arrived at the camp and ordered a muster parade. This parade was held in the open and the roll-call was con- cluded by shortly after midnight. The parade,, however, was held on parade in the rain until approximately Q500 hours the following morning. There was a cold wind off the channel during this parade. Some daya later, say within a week or ten days,, in conversation with the camp interpreters Kochi (phonetic), he advised me that he thought that the four men who had escaped had been picked up by the Gendarmes, but did I not know what disposition had been made of them .J Kochi " was the interpreter at the camp at the time of the alleged escape and was present at the roll-call follow- ing. There was no intimation or suggestion at this tin® that the escapees had been or might have been shot. The first intimation that the alleged escapees had been shot while attempting to escape was subsequent to our relief in August„ 19450 "ben I requested Lt. Col. White, then the Camp Commandant, to make some inquiries as to what had happened to the four Winnipeg Grenadiers who had escaped from.North point Camp. As a result of Lt. Col, White's inquiry he was given a written report by Doc. No. 5033 f* Deposition of Lt. Col. George Trist page 12 . Col. Tokunaga. A typewritten copy of this report with appended map was forwarded to me by Lt. Archer of Lt. Col. White's staff with memo initialled by Lt. Archer attached stating;- * Original chopped by Col. Tokunaga * will be handed to 'Jar Criminal Department" . Attached to this my affidavit and narked EXHIBIT "D" is a certified true copy of the aforementioned typewritten report together with a photostatic: copy of the appended map, I never saw Payne, Berzenski, Adams or Ellis again nor did I ever hear from them either directly or in- directly.} I did not hear any shooting in Camp on the night of August 19th- 20th,, 1942D nor was any shooting in camp reported. I did not hear any'"sounds com- motion. Everything seemed normal in every way in camp during the whole of the night and up to the time Lt. Col. Home reported the matter to the Japanese Camp Commandant, Lt. Wada, about 1100 hours August 20th, 1942. I am firmly of the opinion that none of the Japanese Camp Staff knew of the escape until after the time it was reported. (e) Three days after the escape of Sgt. John 0. Payne and the three others the Camp Commandant, Lieut. Wada3 accompanied by his own interpreter and Col. Tokunaga'3 interpreter, whose name I do not know, came into camp and called for Lt. Col. Home, Major Atkinson and myself and then sent for the N.C.0.'3 who were in charge of Ihe huts, previously occupied by the four escaped personnel. These were H-6502 CSivl Fredrick G. Adams, H-6179 CSM Frank Logan and H-6165 3gt. Henry P. Mc Naught on. When these N.C.0.'3 arrived Col. Tokunaga's interpreter advised , us that it had been decided to punish all concerned. The three N.C.0. 's were to undergo one weeks detention, in a Japanese prison, and Lt. Col. Home, Major Atkinson and myself were advised that for the period of one week we would have to be good, AS we did not understand exactly what this implied we made inquiries of them and were informed that the best English interpretation of the above Japanese term was that we were not permitted to do any drinking or smok- ing during the above mentioned period. I strongly objected to the collective punishment of the N.C.O.'s and pointed out that two at least could not have been involved in plans to escape as 0SM J-ogan was at that time suffering from dy- sentery and wa3 a bed-patient in his hut and that CSM Adam3 had only arrived at North point Camp from Bowen. Road Hospit- al two days previously. We were told that the decision had been made by the Japanese command and that no alterations Doc,.. No. 5 0 3 3 . Deposition of Lt.Col. George Trist page 13. could be made in the punishment. The three N.C.O.'3 were taken from camp and placed in a single room in the guard commanders residence, just outside the can?) where they remained for a period of four day3 after which they were re- turned to camp. The Camp Commandant, Lieut. i7ada, advised us that the three days intervening between the time of the escape and the time they had been confined had been oounted towards the completion of their sentence. Following the release of the three N.C.O. !a, j had a conversation with each of them and they each advised me that the room in'whibh they had been confined was very small; that they were not permitted to wash or shave during the period of confinement; that a latrine bucket was placed in the room for their use and that this remained in the room for the entire period of their confinement without being emptied; and that they were required to sleep on the cement floor without any blankets or bedding. They also stated that they had re- ceived no ill treatment other than aforementioned. There was no noticeable change in their appearance. 19. Except as herein stated I do not at this tine re- collect any further information of atrocities or incidents of mistreatment of Allied Prisoners of War. Sworn before me at the City of Winnipeg in the province of Manitoba this day of February, 194&. Consisting of ten pages each signed by the Deponent. ) ) .../a/ George Trist ) (Lt. Col. George Trist) ) Winnipeg Grenadiers, C.A... (SEAL) f-- Johnson (A Notary public in and for the Province of Manitoba) Doc. No. 5093 page 14. Troops, will return to barracks as follows and be confined to barracks: fHQ, to Kii Stanley to Stanley RA Coast Btys to Fort Jubilee HJSRA to Mt. Austin RA & HE Arty to Wellington Barracks 2/R Scots to Victoria Barracks 1/Middlesex Regt to Murray Barracks 2/14 Punjabs and 5/7 Rajputs to Botanical Gardens Winnipeg Grenadiers to Mt. Austin Barracks R. Signals to Victoria Barracks RASC M.T. & supplies to University Remainder of RASC to Camber HAMC to Hospital BAPC to Wellington Barracks HKVDC to Headquarters HKVDC RAF to Aberdeen All Rifles will be stacked and SAA and small arms will be collected and locked in one storeroom. This is Exhibit "A" referred to in the Affidavit of Lt. Col. George-TRIST, Sworn to before me at the City of Winnipeg, Province of Manitoba, this eighth day of Februaity, 194^ (SEAL) H. E. Johnson (A Notary Public: in and for the Province of Manitoba) Doc. No. 5093 page 15 . Of f i rA n 1 Pr i r-.fts nf r.nmmnri i t. i a.q The official list of prices of various foodstuffs in the market is as follows •. Chicken - From Y42 to Y55 f>er catty. Vegetables - Cabbage Y12; Saiyeungchoi (water cress) YlO.OOj; Oong choi (water vegetable) Y4.20; Sweet potatoes (red) Y3» (white) Y4.08J Cucumber Y10 20.i Fruits - Papaya Y10.20; Pineapple Y8.4C. Fresh Fish - Garoupa (red) Y3&; (green) Y26.74f Golden Thread Fin (hungsam) Y20.80;; Shrimps (large) Y4&.70;. (medium) Y28.47; Fresh water fish from Y27.60-Y31.20. The official prices of pork and beef remain as before. Date line July 19/44 Prices nf I.larkfit r.nmmnriit.ifia The following were yesterday's official market prices»- Beef, Y40 per catty; pork, Y41.20;, chicken, Y40/45«50; cuttlefish, large, Y17.20, small Y8.50; bream, Y12.71; Mackerel-scad, Y4«l6; pumpkin, Yl.14; lettuce, Y2.40;, bean sprouts, Y3.12; sweet potatoes, red Y1.80; white Y2.28; potatoes, Y5*28; cucumber, Y8.40; ifeg-plant, Y3»20; bamboo-shoot, Y3.84; tomatoes, red, Y9.60; green, Y2.l6; ginger, Y12.00; dried onions, Yl6.00; spring onions, Y3-00; string beans, Y3.00. Date line July 25/44 Offittlnl Prices Of Fnnristuff.1 Yesterday's official prices per catty of various kinds of food- stuffs, fruit and vegetables were quoted as follows :- Pork (lean meat-) Y8.58; Ordinary meat, from Y7.68 to Y8.28; Head meat Y7.50; Ribs Y8.28; Liver Y8.58; Heart Y7.85; Lungs Y5.50; Lard Y8.05; Pig's tail Y6.50; Kidneys Y7.&0; Tripe Y6.3O; Intestine Y5.30; Pig's feet Y5-45; Soup bones, from Yl.85 to Y3.50. Beef (lean meat) Y6.3O; Ordinary meat, from Y4.60 to Y5*90; Fat Y5.30; Kidneys Y3,.60; Soup bones Yl.50; Ox tongue Y5«70; Ox tail Y4.70; Intestine Y3»30; Lungs Y3; Brains Y4.40; Tripe Y2.90; Liver Y6.30. Poultry 1 Chicken, from Y8.98 to Y13.48{; Duck 6.49; Goose Y1C. Doc. No. 5093 page 6. Eggs; Chicken eggs .52 sen each;. Duck eggs .761 Salted eggs .55; Leghorn eggs .80. Vegetables; White cabbage .90; Kau-choi .43; Lettuce .48; Spinach »46; Oong-choi (water vegetable) .36; Kai-choi Yl.44; Salted Kai-choi .92; Bean sprouts . 7 8 ; Chinese sweet potatoes (red) .82; White .94; Potatoes Y2.28; Yellow melon .38;. Si-kwa (green squash) .84; 'Shite squash .72; Cucumber .78; Bitter melon .96; Carrots .88; Red hairy squash .66; Hairy squash .78; (Pumpkin (round) .36; Pumpkin (long) .25; Lily's shoots Y1.14; Bamboo shoots Y3«60; Green beans Y2«40; White beans Yl.44; Chillies .66; Water chestnuts Y1.66; Ginger from Yl .62 to Y2.52; Chinese onions .48. Fish; Red Garoupa Y5*45> Green Garoupa Y4.20; Red fish Y3-30; Garoupa (small) Y4.10; Tsing-I (green fish) Y4•80; Shrimps from Yl.92 to Y2.88; Crabs Yl.80 to Y4.56 ; Golden Thread Y2.41; White Pomfret Y3.55; Black Pomfret Y3.17; Conger-pike (eel) Y2.6l; Shark-fish Yl.53; Octopus Y3; Golden sardine Yl.42; Cuttle fish Y3.04; Frogs Y9-90; Oysters Yl.44; Fresh water fish Y2.64. Fruit; Oranges Y3.27; Bananas, from .90 to Yl.32; Pineapple Yl.20; Wong-pi Y2.40; Water melon Yl.10; Papaya Yl.44 September 13, 1944 nnmmnd-ity Priraa More Vflvonrablft With the constant arrivals of foodstuffs in HongKong, the prices of daily necessities have become more favourable, a visit to the mrket revealed yesterday. There is a noticeable drop in the price of vegetables, while those of fish and marine products are also much lower than a week ago. Following is the list of official prices quoted yesterday; FRESH FISH; Cuttle fish Y17.20 per catty; Hoi hor Yll.80; Chinese Mackerel Yll.90; Frogs Y45«60; Golden thread fin (hung sam) Y18.70. VEGETABLES; Cabbage Y7.5& per catty; Lettuce Y5.l6; Bean sprcuts (big) Y7.80, (small) Y4«80; Cucumber YlO.- 02; Pumpkin Y4.18; Lilly-root Y8; Onions Y3 per tael. PORK; Best Y52-50; Breast Y50; Other qualities Y46. BEEF; Y51; Breast of beef Y46.50. DOG. NO. 5093 page. 17 Extract from the 'TongKong News n.f .̂ atnrrifly. nfirtfimhsr ?3T*̂ t ̂ 9Vl Market Prices . The official prices of pork, beef, and. poultry were further revised yesterday, resulting in the changes per catty shown below j Pork; Best quality, Y149 J Ordinary meat Y142; Lard, H49; Liver, Y149» Pig's feet, Y64. Beef - Y8O5 Breast of beef, Y76; Liver Y80. ChickenJ From Y98 to Y105 P©r catty. Duck; Y75.90 The official prices of fish and other marine products remain steady. Extract from the HongKong News, Tuesday, November ?1, T.9M- Around Town ************* The official prices of pork and beef have been revised. a3 follows Pork (best) Y78.40 per cattyS Breast of pork Y77.20: Ordinary meat Y7&.&5t Head meat. Y74-50, Beef (best) Y58T Breast of beef Y54S Ordinary meat Y40. Extract from the H..K. News Thursday, Noyftrnhftr Around Tnmm **.»«*** **** The official price of pork has been further revised to Y87.80 per catty, while the price of beef remains the same - Y58 per catty. Extract from thfi Hongkong HPWR, Mnnflny, .Tannwry pqt.h, ^9^5 Around Trwn Passenger and freight rates of the Inland River Transportation Company will be increased as from next month, it was learned yesterday The passenger rates will be ten times the present ones with freight five times that charged at the present time. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Doc. No. 5095 page 18. REPORT ON PRISONERS OF \UR SHOT Hong Kong PO® Gamps 1. Persons Shot Nationality Rank Nnmft Canadian « « X Sgt Vcpi Pte. PAYNE BIERZENSKI Pte. ADAWS ELLIS 2. Time : About 0120, 20 Aug 1942 3. Places Seashore near the bakery in the North-Western part of the Hong' Kong Island Camp, Hong Kong PO* Camps (North Point). 4. Circumstances s (i) Weather. The typhoon which started on the morning of 19th August reached its climax about 2000 hrs and began later to calm down gradually about 2200 hrs. (ii)Col Commandant ordered his staff at all Camps to tighten vigilance generally (on the same night two British P 0 % succeeded in escaping from Shamshuipo Camp). In view of the necessity for special vigilance on the seashore at Hong Kong Island Camp, after the typhoon, Col. Commandant had one officer and one NC0 inspect the Camp from the sea at about 2400 hrs, on board a Water-Gendarmerie Boat. (iii)At the Hong Kong Island Camp, at about 0120 hrs, on the 20th (see appended map) (a) Sentry No.3 while on mobile duty, approached the Bakery where he found the barbed wire forced open at its lowest part, where it touched the ground. Thereupon he stared with a suspicious mind around-the area and discovered two black heaps about five or six metres in the eastern direction (points A B). When he walked forward five or six steps to verify if these heaps meant escapers, he noticed another prisoner of war (D) coming_ from behind and forcing his way through the said opening. The sentry stopped him but the latter would not listen and tried to escape. Therefore, the sentry had no choice but to shoot at him and the bullet hit him. The sentry further kept vigilance to see if there was not anything else wrong in the vicinity. He discovered still another moving point about at C point in an attempt to escape. He judged that the situation was most serious as he thought that a mass escape was being carried out, and ha shouted repeatedly "look out" in a loud voice by way of pre- caution, and at the same time, as an emergency step after calling out "Stop* several times at the escaper who had reached '5* point, but he would not obey the order to halt. Therefore the sentry had to shoot at him and he was hit and killed. Doc. No. 5093 page 19 . (b) Sentry No.2, while keeping his mobile watch at the south- eastern part of the Camp about that time, heard the repeated shouts "Look out* by Sentry No,3 and also the two shots, as mentioned above. At this, he judged that some prisoner (s) were attempting escape near the Bakery and hurriedly made for the place. As he approached he encountered one of the escapers at point 'A' across the wire fence„ the former (the sentry) inside and the latter (tie prisoner of war) outside, and in spite of the attempt to halt him, the latter* still moved eastward, where- upon the former shot and killed him. Simultaneously he found another suddenly rising at a backward point *B' trying to con- tinue his escape eastwards and shot and killed him. (c) The Guard Commander„ knowing that there were escapes taking place near the Bakery, rushed to the spot and then reported to the officer in charge of the guard. The Guard Commander then carried out an extensive search of the neighbourhood with the guards at the guardhouse who were off duty at the time. (d) A sea patrol who chanced to come across the vicinity of the Bakerys of the Hong Kong Island Camp, at about: 0200 hra, were informed of the affair and from consultation with the Camp Commandant» carried the bodies away on their boat, and the bodies were buried at the POW cemetery. (This report is addressed to the Governor's Office and the POW information Bureau). *I CERTIFY this document to be a true copy of the original typewritten copy produced before me by Lt. Col. George Trist. This is Exhibit MD» referred to in the Affidavit of Lt. Col.-George Trist, sworn to before me at the City of Winnipeg, Province of Manitoba, this eighth day of February, 1946.* IL Hi., Johnson (A Notary Public in and for the Province of Manitoba). Doc. No. 5090 page. 1 CANADA. (In the matter of Canadian Province of Ontario (Prisoners of War at Hong To Wits . (Kong and Vicinity. I, P-38163 ^ (*0 II) Victor Joseph M M , Corps of Mili- tary Staff Clerk3, residing at 722 Desmarchais Boulevard, Verdun, Quebec, make oath and says- 1. I am a member of the Canadian Army, Permanent Force. 2, I was a member of the Senior Administrative Officers• Staff of *C" Force, Canadian Army, which was the Canadian Force which took part in the defence of Hong Kong. 3» I became a prisoner of the Japanese Army on 25 December, 1941» when the Island capitulated, ' 4. I was held prisoner in North Point and Sham Shui Po Camps in Hong Kong and Kowloon until 15 August 1943 0 when I was despatched to Japan as a member of a labour draft. 5. Hhile at Sham Shui Po and North Point we were ordered by the Camp Commandant to supply labour parties to work at Kai Tek Airport in Kowloon. The Commandants from whom we received these orders were Lieut W<£DA and another whose name I do not now recall. We understood that the demands for these parties came from the i3^ Administration under Colonel TOKUNAoA. The number of men called for was often as high as 850, although there were hardly any physically fit men in can?) capable of doing hard work. I feel sure that Colonel TOKUNAGA w a 3 w e n aware of our physical condition when he sent in his demands as he made frequent visits to our camps, 6. I remember one particular occasion when 850 men were called upon. There were not even that number who were capable of walking out to the job. Howevero the Camp Commandants were so brutal, stupid and followed the orders to the letter„ that a number of extremely sick men were actually carried out to the job on stretchers in order to meet the exact number demanded. I saw this sort of thing happen on numerous occasions. 7« I cannot state that this treatment caused the deaths of any men who were carried out to Kai Tek. They were not called upon, nor were they capable of doing any work when they arrived. They just remained on their stretchers all day and were carried back to camp at night. I merely cite this a3 an example of the brutal stupidity dis- played by the Hong Kong P* Administration, Doc. No. 5090 page. 2 8. Uhen I was despatched to Japan on 15 August, 1943« almost every member of the Canadian, sarty of 3?& men was suffering from beri beri, pellagra or some other manifestation of malnutrition. Some were also convalescing after having had diptheria and a number had been dis- charged from the hospital to make up the draft. 9. Being well, aware of our condition prior to despatching us to Japan- I feel that the Hong Kong P® Administration is in a large measure responsible for the great number of deaths which occurred shortly after our arrival in Niigata. This affidavit of the deponent, Victor ) Joseph MXAIT, consisting of this page,, . ) signed by the deponent and by me,, was ) sworn before me at the City of Ottawa ) this 12th day of February, 194&. ) ) /»/ ) ) /s/ A Notary public in and for the Province of Ontario. Virtnr T MYATT. (P-38I63 CiMS (WO II) MATT, V J) Corps of Military Staff Clerks (3EAL) DOCUMENT No. 5095 cob Page WD/JAG/FS - RGLW/AKS"- rC/24 IN TEE MATTER PRISONERS OF WAR ARGYIL STREET CAMP OF THE ILL-TPEATI'ENT OF AND ATROCITIES COMMITTED AT AND SHAMSHUIPO CAMP, HONGKONG FROM 30 DECEMBER 1941 UNTIL AUGUST 1945„ A F F I D A V I T . I, Lieutenant-colonel FREDERICK DENTON FIELD, Royal Artillery, an officer of the Regular Army with permanent home address at 5, RICHMOND ROAD, BEDFORD, MAKE OATH and say as follows:- 1. I was captured at HONGKONG by the Japanese on 25 December 1941 and was taken from the Island to a camp on the wsst side of the penninsular opposite HONGKONG, known as SHAMSHUIPO. I remained at SHAMSHUIPO from 30 December 1941 until 18 April 1942 On the latter date I was removed to a camp on the east side of the penninsular known as ARGYIL STREET CAMP, I remained there until May 1944. In May 1944 I was taken back to SHAMSHUIPO CAMP and remained there until August 1945. During the time that I was at SHAMSHUIPO CAMP until April 1942, Major-General C.M. MALTBY, M.C. was the senior British officer; he and a number of other officers accompanied me to ARGYIL STREET CAMP in April 1942. Major-General MALTBY and most of the other British senior officers were removed from thi: area in July 1943 leaving me the Senior British Officer. 2. The camp at SHAMSHUIPO was known as Camp 'S's ARGYIL STRT CAMP was known as Camp fN' and they are so referred to herein- after. Camp 1S' was for other ranks chiefly, Camp 'N' was for officers. 3. At Camp 'S1 in April 1942 an escape was effected. As a result certain British officers left in the camp were interro- gated by the Japanese. Captain SHRIGLEY and Lieutenant LLOYD were beaten up with bamboos by the KEMPETAI, the Japanese equivalent of the Gestapo. Lieutenant LLOYD was not heard of again and I believe died from the treatment he received. I believe that one of the 'S' Camp interpreters whose name is NIMOURI was involved in this incident. Both the officers were of the HONGKONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS. I was given an account of his beating up subsequently by Captain SHRIGLEY. Another officer who can speak of this incident is a Lieutenant BARROW of the HONGKONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS, formerly in the HONGKONG Government. Another possible witness is a Major C. ROCHFORT-BOYD, Royal Artillery, who may have the names of the Japanese responsible. 4. Conditions at Camp 'S' were very bad indeed. The Liaison British Officer at Camp 'S' while I was at Camp 'N' was a Major BOON, Royal \rmy Service Corps. Apart from the usual lack of medical facilities and shortage of food, many of the men there were forced when very ill to go out on Working Parties; some even had to be carried out on stretchers. In the autumn of 1942 diphtheria and dysentery broke out at Camp 'S1. The Japanese refused the sick men any attention with the result that about two hundred died. This can be confirmed by Captain PETER BROWN Royal Army Medical Corps. DOCUMENT No, 5095 Page The Japanese medical officer who dealt with both !S' and 'N' Camps was a Doctor SAITO - rank, I believe Lieutenant, He was responsible for sick British prisoners being forced to work. 5. Camp !NT was a hutment camp and in very poor repair; there were no amonities or facilities, no medical equipment or attention; the food chiefly consisted of a meagre quantity of rice and vegetables the nutrition value of which was nil. I do not know of any rajor crimes that were committed while I was at Camp 'K'1 but striking and slapping of the prisoners was a common thing* 6. In June and July 194-3 Captain Douglas FORD, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots located at Camp 1S' tried to effect a wholesale escape by contacting outside agents in CHINA. He was, however, discovered, associated with him was a Flying Officer Co G. GREY, Royal Air Force. Both these officers were interrogated under torture. They were taken to STANLEY GAOL and put on starvation rations. The Japanese tried them on 1 December 194-3 in HONGKONG and they were sentenced to death. These sentences were carried out by shooting or, 18 December 1943. This account was given to me by Major 0. BOXER, The Lincolnshire Regiment, who was in STANLEY GAOL with Captain FORD and Flying Officer GREY. 7. In the summer of 1943 about July Colonel NEINHAM, who was GS01, China Command, who had been trying to contact outside agents,-was detected in this and removed from Camp 'N'. Colonel NEWNHAM was taken to STANLEY PRISON. I subsequently was told by Major BOXER that Colonel NEWNHAM had been badly beaten up and, in due course, was shot by the Japanese, \ A Japanese, a Colonel KOCHI, who held a role something like' that of Public Prosecutor in HONGKONG was concerned in this natter. 8. In September 1943 the Japanese discovered in Camp ' N' a wireless set which we had made. They took away Major C,. BOXER of the Lincolnshire Regiment, Commander CRAVEN, R.N. Commander YOUNG, R.N. and Sub-Lieutenant DIXON, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, to the civil prison known as STANLEY PRISON, HONGKONG; I believe they were beaten up and ill-treated. They were kept there on starvation diet, I utxierstend that Commander CRAVEN and Commander YOUNG are now back in England. 9. While we had been at Camp »N', Lieutenant T.S. SIMPSON, Royal Engineers, had picked up a note, apparently dropped by a Chinese, which was brought to me. It purported to come from a British Agent but I was suspicious of it. Subsequently a second note was brought to me of which I was even more suspicious. In June 1944, when we were back at 'S' Camp, the Japanese held an identification parade. They singled out Captain H.A. de B. BOTELHO of the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps and Major J. SMITH also of the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps. These two officers were interrogated and tortured. The water torture hereinafter described was used. Both officers subsequently related to me their experiences in this respect. Lieutenant T.S, SI TIPS ON, Royal Engineers, Captain G.V. BIRD, Royal Engineers, and myself were also interrogated by the Japanese about these notes. We knew nothing about them but Captain BIRD was tortured by the Japanese being tied up, placed" in a trough, a piece of silk was placed over his face and water poured on to him until he nearly drowned. This was told to me afterwards by Captain BIRD himself. DOCUMENT No. 5095 Page A Mr, JEROME LAW, whose address is 3 28 KENNEDY ROAD, HONGKONG, was an eye witness to this incident. The Japanese responsible for the torturing of BOTELHO, SMITH and BIRD was a KEMPETAI Interrogator whose name was FUJIHARA. 10. In June 1944 Lieutenant SERIGLEY was interrogated by the Japanese in connection with the burying of sorre Colours which had taken place at the time of surrender. I was told by Colonel E.J.R. MITCHELL, Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps that Lieutenant SHRIGLEY jumped from a veranda and comitted suicide to avoid further ill-treatment 11. The following incident occurred at SHAMSHUIPO in August 1944. A Red Cross Representative was visiting the camp. The prisoners had been warned not to speak to this representative. In defiance of this ordor a Lieutenant BARNETT of the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps called out to the representative in English, French and German; "We have no food and are starving", or words to this effect, For doing this BARNETT was taken away and he was beaten up with a bamboo stick so severely that he fainted. The Japanese responsible for this was the camp serjeant whose name is HAT ATA. The account of this incident was given me by Captain A.R.B. BARKER, Royal Artillery, and Commander MILLETT, R.N. Retired. 12. In or about September 1944 a Lieutenant Commander VERNALL of the Hongkong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve was taken from Camp 'N' to the Military hospital on the island, There, in connection with an incident about which I know nothing, he was beaten up and ill-treated. Lieutenant-colonel BOWIE, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was in charge of the hospital, has knowledge of this incident. 13. The Commandant of 'N' Camp at the times of the above- mentioned incidents concerning Lieutenant BARNETT and Captain BIRD was a Japanese named TANAKA. 14. The higher Japanese officer in charge of and controlling Camps 'S1 and 'N', also the Military hospital BOWEN ROAD, HONGKONG, and the Indian Camp at ARGYIL STREET which was known as "MATACHEUNG" for the period from December 1941, until August 1945, was Colonel TOKENUGA. I believe he also took over STANLEY INTERNMENT CAMP in about December 1943. He was responsible for and familiar with conditions at the camps, particularly the deaths from diphtheria which he could have prevented by introducing anti-diphtheria serum. Major-General MALTBY, Brigadier PEFFERS, OBE, MC, and Lieutenant-colonel S.E.H.E. WHITE, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots could give evidence with respect to Colonel TOKENUGA. 15. There was with the Indian troops a Captain ANSARI of the 5/7th RAJPUT Regiment. The Japanese made a practice of trying to seduce the Indian troops and undermine their loyalty and Captain ANSARI was responsible for the Japanese lack of success in their endeavours. As a result, he was taken to STANLEY GAOL, I think about the middle of 1943, and there treated with great brutality. He was executed by being beheaded on 29 November 1943. 16. (a) I myself saw Colonel TOKENUGA and Doctor SAITO in British custody in HONGKONG in September 1945. (i) TOKENUGA is aged about fifty; height about five feet six inches; hair black with grey specks and close cropped becoming thin; eyes brown; sallow com- DOCUMENT No. 5095 Page 4., plexion; round face; squat features like a toad; fat and flabby with a pronounced corporation; he was clean-shaven. (ii) SAITO was aged about forty to forty five; height about five feet four inches; black close cropped hair; longish face; sallow complexion; brown eyes; clean shaven- wore thin rimmed glasses; slight in build. (iii) KOCHI I cannot describe as I have not seen him. I believe he was a Colonel. I think that Major BOXER could give a description of him. He may have been apprehended by the British on the Japanese surrender. (iv) TANAKA, Lieutenant, was aged about thirty-five; height about five feet six inches; hair black - fairly close cropped; round features; brown eyes; clean shaven; wore glasses; medium build. It is not unlikely that he was also taken into custody by the British. (v) FUJIHARA was nine inches; hatchet face: suffered from some and thin in build. 1944 at Camp «N'. still have been in in September 194-5. aged about thirty; height five feet hair black and close cropped; thin clean-shaven; eyes dark brown; affliction of the neck; slight I last heard of him in June Notwithstanding this, he may HONGKONG and have been interned (vi) HARATA, Serjeant, was aged about twenty-five to thirty; height five feet four inches; black hair; square features; clean shaven; brown eyes; sallow complexion; stocky in build; he was seen at Camp •S' at the beginning of August 1945 and then dis- appeared but he may likewise have been interned. (vii) NIMOURI was aged between forty and fifty; height about five feet five inches; black hair; triangular features° very wrinkled face; stocky in build; distinctive slit eyes; I was told before I left HONGKONG that Nimouri had been taken into British custody. (b) It is likely that Major BOXER, and Major HALL-CAINE of the British Army Aid Group, China, and, I believe, of the Argyil and Sutherland Highlanders, both of whom remained at"Hongkong, could probably speak as to the Japanese who were taken into British custody. The British Naval authorities interned, inter alia, the staffs of 'S! and •N' Camps and all the Japanese internees were lodged at Camp 1S'. 17. I recall the following Japanese as being at Camps 'N1 and CAMP 'N' Commandant from ipril 1942 until January 1943 was Lieutenant SANAMORI. I know of nothing against him. Commandant from January 1943 until December 1943 was Lieutenant TANAKA, whom I have mentioned above. DOCUMENT No. 5095 Page 5« Commandant from December 1943 until May 1944 was Lieutenant HARA. I know of nothing against him. For the month of May 1944 the Commandant was Warrant Officer ISHINGI. I know of nothing against him. Serjeant HA. EAT A. whom I have mentioned above was at this camp from September 1943 until May 1944. An Interpreter named NATAYAMA was periodically at Camp 1N' from May 1942 until May 1944. The Interpreter NIMOURI whom I have mentioned above was at Camp 'N' from December 1943 until May 1944. CAMP TS1 From May 1944 until April 1945 the above-named Lieutenant TANAKA was Commandant. From May 1945 until .August 1945 Lieutenant WADA was Commandant. From May 1944 until August 1944 the above-mentioned Serjeant KARATA was at Camp 'S', thereafter his place was taken by a Serjeant NAGAMATSU who re- mained there until August 1945. From May 1944 until August 1945 the Interpreter KATAYAMA was at Camp 'S'. I know of nothing against Lieutenant WADA, KATAYAMA or NAGAMATSU. Lieutenant Doctor SAITO was doctor to both camps from December 1941 until August 1945. Major BUCK of the Royal Army Pay Corps was at Camp 'S' from December 1941 until August 1945 and would know all Japanese there. 18. In 1942, Major-General MALTBY instructed Major W. de B. WOOD, Army Education Corps, an officer of the Regular Army, to make and keep a note of war crimes committed by the Japanese in HONGKONG; this Major WOOD carried out. I believe this officer has returned to England. SWORN by the aforesaid FREDERICK ) DENTON FIELD at 6 Spring Gardens ) in the City of WESTMINSTER this ) 23rd day of NOVEMBER 1945. ) (SIGNED) F.D. FIELD BEFORE IE, (Signed) RATHCREEDAN, Captain Legal Staff Military Department, Office of the Judge Advocate General, LONDON, S.W.I. I certify that this is a true copy of the original affidavit. (signed) R. G. McDonnell Major Legal Staff Office of the Judge Advocate General. ; fed ft DOCUMENT No. 5096 P a g Q MD/JAG/FS/JC/24(33) GRLW/.4KS - IN THE FATTER OF THE ILL-TREATMEN OF PRISONERS OF WAR AT SHAMSHUIPO CAMP , HONGKONG - DECEMBER 1941 to FEBRUARY 1942. A F F I D A V I T I, Captain The Reverend ERIC JOHN GREEN, M.F., C.F. (R.C.) with permanent address at 17, ADDIS COr'BE ROAD, EAST CROYDON, SURREY, MAKE OATH and say as follows s- 1. I was captured at HONGKONG by the Japanese on 23 December 1941 and was taken from the Island to a camp on the west side of the Penninsular, opposite HONGKONG known as SHAMSHUIPO. I remained at SHAMSHUIPO from 26 February 1942 until 9 September 1945. I was in the hospital attached to this camp from 19 November 1942 until 20 December 1942 and from July 1943 until August 1945e 2. I have read the affidavits dated respectively 23 November 1945 and 3 December 1945 made by Lieutenant-colonel F.D. FIELD and Major R.D. BUCK and I confirm the evidence of these two officers as contained in their said affidavits with respect to the conditions obtaining at SHAMSHUIPO Camp. 3- In the Autumn of 1942 a severe diphtheria epidemic broke out in the Camp; about two hundred of the prisoners died. lean say of ny own knowledge that the Japanese authorities provided no medical attention and no drugs or serum to alleviate the epidemic, although beds were available in many cases the sick were left on the concrete floor and died. The Japanese medical officer never visited the sick. I was told by some of the British officers that the Japanese doctor whose name was SAITO had issued an order that there were to be no more deaths from diphtheria. At this time there were only eleven latrines and four showers available for seventeen hundred men. 4, In October 1942 Major BUCK the Camp Paymaster was informed by the Japanese that a sum of money had been made available by the Vatican for the benefit of prisoners. He prepared a list of articles upon which he considered this money should be expended including such items as drugs and invalid food, Major BUCK consulted me when he prepared the list and I approved it, The list was submitted to the Japanese camp authorities but nothing was heard for a month, I therefore wrote to the Camp Commandant asking that the supply of the goods mentioned in the list be expedited, at the same time saying that I did not think that the Pope would approve of the delay while prisoners were in such need. The following morning I was taken before Lieutenant SAKAINO, the Camp Commandant. He took exception to the second part of my letter but, after some discussion, said he would try to provide the goods. There were also present at this interview the Japanese interpreter IN0UY3, and Major BOON, Royal Army Service Corps. I was then dismissed but, about ten minutes later, I received an order to report to Major BOON'S office. I did so and found there the interpreter INOUYE and a Japanese sergeant named KURASAKI. They started to shout at me and abuse me alleging that I had suggested that they had put the money from the Vatican into their own pockets. DOCF^TTT 5096 1 v.* r . >w ' _ 1j I denied that I had made such a suggestion. KURASAKI then started to attack me first with his fists and then with his sword hilt. I was knocked backwards, then INOUYE joined in. KURASAKI stood aside and INOUYE gave me a very severe beating. He accompanied his blows with remarks such as: "This is for the treatment I received in Canada". This lasted until I was only semi-conscious, KURASAKI then threw water over me and I was dismissed. P?*.ve days later I was admitted to hospital with high inflamation of the throat which is still apt to recur. Acting Sergeant-major KITCHENS, Royal Army Service Corps, wit- nessed my beating up. 5. Four days later three sergeants of the Middlesex Regiment were late on parade. I saw the interpreter INOUYE beat up these three sergeants unmercifully until they dropped. There was also present the Commandant, Lieutenant SAKAINO. When the three sergeants struggled to their feet again SAKAINO knocked them down. Major BOON stood by, holding SAKAINO's sword in his hand. Afterwards INOUYE struck Cautain CLIFFORD WEBBER, Middlesex Regiment, who was in charge of the Middlesex Battalion. 6. (a) I agree with the description and particulars of KURASAKI and INOUYE contained in paragraph 9(b) of the affidavit of Major BUCK. (b) Lieutenant SAKAINO was Commandant of SHAMSHUIPO Camp from the time I arrived there until a date in 1943. I never saw him after that. He was aged about 27 to 335 height about 5' 6 or 7"; dark hair and swarthy complex- ion. He was slight in build. SWORN by the aforesaid ERIC JOHN GREEN ) at 6 Spring Gardens in the Cii:y of ) WESTMINSTER this ELEVENTH day of ) DECEMBER 1945, ) (SIGNED) ERIC J. GREEN BEFORE ME, (SIGNED) A.A.P. HUNT, Captain Legal Staff. Military Department, Office of The Judge Advocate General, LONDON, S.W.I. I certify that this is a true copy of the original affidavit. R. G. McDonnell (signed) Major, Legal Staff, Office of the Judge Advocate General f / r /Qot ft Document No. 5089-, Page 1 ID/JAG/FS/JC/W^B) RGLW/AKS. IN THE TTATTER OF THE ILL-TREAT'"ENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR AID ATROCITIES CO'TITTBD AT HONGKONG FROM SEPTEMBER 1941 UNTIL APRIL 1944 A F F I D A V I T I, Lieutenant-colonel CEDRIC OVERTON SHACKLETON, Royal Array Medical Corps, with permanent acdress at : Care of I'essrs. GLYN, MILLS -5c Co., Bankers' (Holt's Branch), WHITEHALL, LONDON, S.W.I, JAKE OATH and say as follows 1. I was Senior British Medical Officer at HONGKONG and com- manded BOWEN ROAD Hospital there from April 1939 and I was ac- tive in this capacity at BOWEN ROAD Hospital, HONGKONG when HONGKONG capitulated to the Japanese on 25 December 1941. 2. I remained at BOWEN ROAD from 25 December 1941 until 8 August 1942. I was then moved to ARGYLL STREET CAMP, known as Camp 'N', on the mainland where I stayed from 8 August 1942 until 20 April 1944. I then was transferred to SHAMSHUIPO Camp, known as Camp 'S1 on the mainland where I remained for nine days. I left SHAMSHUIPO en route for JAPAN on 29 April 1944. 3. I now see before me two statements signed respectively by Miss A. F. GORDON„ Territorial Army Nursing Service, and Mrs. J. ANDREWS-LEVINGE, marked respectively 'A' and 'B' and exhibited to this affidavit. I have many times spoken to both these ladies and they have described to me in person all the incidents to which the}' refer in their statements. 4. I now see before ire copies of statements made by : No. 7262319 - Serjeant T.R. CUNNINGHAM, Royal Army Medical Corps; No. 7262538 - Corooral N.J. LEATH, Royal Army Medical Corpse No. 7259991 - Serjeant H. PEASEGOOD, Royal Army Medical Corps; and No. 7262360 - Serjeant J. H. ANDERSON, Royal Army Medical Corps. These copies are marked respectively 'C to 'F' inclusive and are attached as exhibits to this affidavit. I myself have discussed with these four Royal Army Medical Corps non-commissioned officers the conditions and experiences which they relate in their statements and can confirm that they mentioned these matters to me personally. 5. Some time in January 1942 Officers, Other Ranks, Nursing •Staff and Patients at BOWEN ROAD were called upon by the Japanese to sign a statement to the effect that, as prisoners of war, we would make no attempt to escape. Nearly everybody refused to sign. However, we the medical staff agreed to an amended state- ment whereby we agreed not to attempt to escape while employed in the hospital. After we had signed the amended statement I know that all up-patients were taken in the heat of mid-day to an open space and a threat was made that they would be kept there until they signed the original form of affidavit. The Senior Naval Officer by the name of Captain CA'TPBELL and the Senior Canadian Officer were taken away and were interrogated Document No. 5089-A Page 2, and, I understand, that they eventually signed under duress by reason of a threat that collective punishment would otherwise ensue. The Japanese who presented the ultimatum to me regard- ing the signing of the "no escape" affidavit was, I think, Lieutenant SA,,;rADA who was Commandant of the hospital, and a Japanese corporal by the name of CIANO. 6. There was brought to BOWEN ROAD Hospital soon after Christmas 1941 a Canadian soldier; he was riddled with machine- gun bullets the wounds being infected with maggots. He was treated and eventually recovered. He subsequently told me that a number of Canadian prisoners who had surrendered were tied up together and machine-gunned in a heap, "ill v/ere killed except him and he was left for dead. 7. A few days after Christmas 194-1 I was informed by some of the civilian medical staff that they had seen the remains of some British officers who had been decapitated. 8. During the time that I was a prisoner at BOWEN ROAD Hospital I remained there and did not go out except with express permission and on the authority of a Pass which was given to me; the result was that I was rarely out of the hospital. I did make a visit with the Senior Japanese Medical Officer, a Major KORNISH, to STANLEY Prison, the internees' Camp and to the Japanese Headquarters. There, Major KORNISH interrogated me but his questions were quite proper; I do not complain of him. I must say, however, that the Japanese purused an obstructive policy throughout and always met any objections which I sub- mitted with threats of collective punishment. Save for reduced rations and t he cur tail me n t o f our amusements a nd sportŝ these threats were not carried out. 9. On 26 and 27 December 1941 I asked for permission to allow parties to go out to collect our wounded but permission was refused. Lnter I obtained, permission to collect wounded who had been reported. 10. There w~s located at the SILESIA MISSION in HONGKONG a very large reserve of medical stores. About May or June 1942 a serious epidemic of diphtheria broke out at SHAMSHUIPO Camp. I had no contact with SHAMSHUIPO Camp but the Japanese" sent to me cases whom I discovered were suffering from skin conditions affected by diphtheria organisms. Moreover, I heard rumours of the epidemic at SPIAMSHUIPO. I several times asked both Lieutenant SAWALA and Corporal CIANO that anti-diphtheria serum - forming part of the said reserve store - should be made available. I was informed that this was impossible be- cause the Japanese Navy had taken over the store. 11. On 8 August 1942 I was removed from BOYEN ROAD to ARGYLL STREET Camp (Camp 'N1) on the mainland where I remained until 20 April 1944. There were thirteen medical officers there and I was the Senior Medical Officer. 12. During the whole time that I was senior medical officer at Camp 'N' the medicines provided were grossly inadequate to cope with the number of diseases caused by malnutrition, and such diseases as beri beri, palagra and failing vision. On dozens of occasions I have sent in of"ri .ial requests for drugs and increased diet to Colonel TOKSNUGA and. Captain SAITO who were, respectively, the Commandant and medical officer of all the camps"in the area. These requests met with no response at all. I was, however, able to obtain some supplies of drugs Document No. 5089-A P'-ge 3 i. surrepticiously. Rations were extremely short during most of this period; in 194-4 the grain ration fell as low as 480 grammes per head per diem. The calorific value of the ration in 1944 was 1556 ; in April and May 1944 it fell as low as 1348. The minimum calorific value to maintain health is estimated at 2500 per diem. The protein consumption was estimated at .5 grammes per kiloweight. One gramme is considered to be the minimum. These figures show that the food supplied was an absolute starvation diet. Had we been unable to obtain food from other sources there would have been many deaths from actua] starvation. However, we wore able to supplement the starvation ration from the canteen and from food parcels. This addition was just sufficient to support life; nevertheless, we always had many ca^es of deficiency diseases. The average loss of weight among the prisoners was approximately thirty-five pounds. 13. During the time that I was at Camp fN' the total number of Red Cross packages received was one and one-fifth per prisoner. Enormous quantities of Red Cross parcels were stored at HOLTS WHARF, K0WL00N on the mainland. These were freely taken by the Japanese. I have seen Japanese consuming the con- tents of Red. Cross parcels and I hav3 seen empty Red Cross packages in refuse bins behind the Japanese Prison Head- quarters. All the Japanese there, including Colonel TQEENUGA, in my opinion, were involved* 14. While I was at Camp 'N1 there were at least a dozen cases of ruptured gastric ulcers and acute appendicitis requiring immediate operationsi Every time most dangerous delay was experienced because the Japanese refused, to allow the matter to be dealt with at once. The Japanese directly responsible for this was Captain SAITO. No bearers were given to carry the patients to the theatre in the Indian Prisoner of Trar Camp which was a half to three-quarters of a mile away, and the surgeon, his assistant and the anaesthetist were obliged to carry the patients. 15. I have read the affidavit made on 23 November 1945 by Lieutenant-colonel F. D. FIELD, Royal Artillery. I confirm : (a) Paragraph 7 of the said affidavit. In this connection I remember that I tried to send Colonel NEWMAN'S tooth-brush andshaving kit to him at STANLEY Gaol but was told by the Interpreter (probably N0?TURA.) that Colonel NEWMAN would have no need of these. (b) Paragraph 8 of the said affidavit. In addition I would say that Colonel LEVETT, Royal Corps of Signals, Commander W. F. CI OWTHEE, R. N. Retires, Captain WOODWARD, Indian Medical Service, also Lieutonant-colonel FIELD, Royal Artillery, were also removed from Camp 'N' in connection with this enquiry, kept in solitary confinement for three weeks in very severe conditions, starved and ill-treated. When I saw them three weeks later they were in very poor condi- tion. These officers had been sworn to secrecy as regards their treatment. The Japanese responsible were the KEMPSTAI. (c) Paragraph 14 of the said affidavit is confirmed in its entirety. Document No. 5089-A f 16. During the nine days I was in SHAMSHUIPO before leaving for TOKYO I asked a Japanese interpreter named HASEGAWA whether he could obtain for me any mail as I had received no letters for over a year. HASEGAWA was most helpful and kind; he promised to look and later produced to me nineteen letters. These he obtain- ed from the Japanese Headquarters. It was, therefore, clear to me that the mail to the prisoners was being retained there. He told me that there were sacks of mail at the Japanese Headquarter Lme t told . 17. The following persons might be able to give useful evidence in regard to conditions at HONGKONG :- Dr. SELWYN-CLARKE, D. M. S. (Civil), HONGKONG, who, I believe, Is now at the EITRESS CLUB, DOVER STREET, LONDON; Miss DYSON, now of Queen Alexander's Imperial Military Nursing Service, who was at STANLEY INTERNMENT CAMP and, previously my matron at BOWEN ROAD ; Miss KELLY, - - whose present address is "The COTTAGE", Betchworth, SURREY . Major D. C. BOWIE, Roval Army Medical Corps, who followed me"at BOWEN ROAD Hospital and would be likely to be able to give useful evidence. 18. I would describe Lieutenant SAWADA as aged about thirty-two height five feet six or seven inches; weight 120 pounds; black hair; wore glasses; clean shaven; sallow complexio fairly lightly built.' I would describe Corporal CIANO as aged about twenty-two or twenty-three; height five feet; stock- ily built; weight 120 pounds. I believ he was a chemical laboratory student be- fore the war. He was clean-shaven and did not wear glasses. SWORN by the aforesaid CEDRIC OVERTON SHACKLETON) at 6 String Gardens in the City of WESTMINSTER ) this ELEVENTH day of DECEMBER 1945. ) (SIGNED) C. 0. SHACKLETON. BEFORE ME, (SIGNED) A.A.P. HUNT, Captain Legal Staff. Military Department, Office of the Judge Advocate General LONDON, S.W.I. I certify that this is a true copy of the original affidavit. (signed) R. G. del-Wormell, Major Legal Staff, Office of the Judge Advocate General.Dcc. No. 5456 Page 1 ^ A M D A ' " •'• S- I Q s w a) Prosecution document numbered 5113? the affirmation ^IaJj^u J of ABDUL IIAUF, is now introduced for identification, aad the marked excerpts thereof offered in evidence. Prosecution document numbered 5115., the affirmation of PYA'-IAY i'OKAN, is also introduced for identification, the marked excerpts thereof being introduced in evidence. These documents describe the torture of the witnesses by the. .Japanese Azlima, who beat and kicked them and ordered them to be tortured by the water rethod. Proseuction document numbered 5114, the affirmation of HABO B-UPJIAH" AN is now produced for identification, and the excerpts narked therein offered in evidence. This document states that the Japanese AZ'-ma and his assistant beat a woman with heavy pieces of wood and burned her naked body. Azuma attempted to force Khaliq's wife to admit her husband was a spy and on her refusal said- "Your husband shall never return home'1. Khaliq was shot. b) Prosecution document numbered 5116, the affirmation of ZAITOON BIBI, is offered for identification, the marked excerpts thereof being introduced in evidence. This document states that in January, 1943, the witness's husband was arrested. She was herself taken to the gaol where she met her husband who was being beaten . with a piece of wood until he became unconscious. Blood irras pouring from wounds on his body. The Japanese beating h m threw hot aid cold water over him to revive him. The witness was then beaten in front of her husband after which she was taken to another room where she "as forced to remove her clothes. She was tied up, hands raised above her head and legs apart, and a lighted candle was placed on a stool between her legs, so that her private parts ̂ -ere burned. Ker husband was later shot. c) Prosecution document numbered 5117) the affirmation of ::'CHA: AD HUSSAIN, is now introduced for identification, the marked excerpts thereof being offered in evidence. .This document states that on 2nd August, 1^45, the witness wfis arrested and taken to Aberdeen Jetty with about 700 other people. He was put into a boat with the others and sailed in the evening. About 2 a.m. the next day, at a >point 40n 1 'roc. No. yards from the shore, all the people in the boats were forced into the sea "by the Jap,, _ese using sticks and bayonets. The witness swam for the shore and about 200 men and two or three children reached there safely. There was no food and shelter to be found and one by one the survivors died. Some six weeks later, the Japanese returned and the witness was the only one still living. He was taken to a place where there were 10 other men and they vrere put into a water-logged and freezing tunnel. After four days one of the men died. d) Prosecution document numbered 5317? the affirmation of IIDAD ALI, is now offered for identification, and the excerpts marked therein, produced in evidence. The document states that the witness was arrested in October, 1^44, and taken to the Cellular Gaol. For the first twelve days no charge was made against him and on all these days except one, 1 he was tortured twice a day by being made to kneel on a sharp I piece of wood with a pole between his knees, hands above his ' head with heavy bocks on them. Then he was tortured by having heated pins thrust under the nails of his hand? He was tied to a grid and burned with a candle on his thighs and private parts and tortured in other ways until his release one month after his 4 arrest. e) Prosecution document- numbered 5313? being the affirma- tion of 5-TRAD ALI, is now introduced for identification and the marked excerpts thereof offered in evidence. This document states that a number of Indians were tried as spies, the witness being present during most of the hearing. Each accused was tortured until he made a false confession, implicating others. Some Japanese including one of the Judges, took part in a torture whereby the accused was tied to a grill, legs apart, the lqwer part of the body naked. A stool was placed between the legs with a lighted candle on it, so that the man's private parts were burned. From time to time the Judge and other Japanese would light a piece of paper and pass the flame over the thighs and private parts of the accused, men and women both being treated in this fashion. Steel pins, heated in a fire, ^ere thrust beneath the fingernails of the accused. The water torture was also carried out and the accused were brutally beaten. J Doc. No. 5456 Page 3 Eventually 43 accused "ere executed, 12 died in gaol from torture and disease and one committed suicide. f) Prosecution document numbered 5313? the sworn state- Dent of BU I NADAN, is tendered for identification, and the excerpts marked therein offered in evidence. The document describes the beating 'of a native by a Japanese using a stick. The native died a ifeek later as a result of the beating. g) Prosecution document numbered 5321, the affirmation of I'OHAi" AD, is now produced for identification, the marked excerpts therein being tendered in evidence, This document describes the murder of three coolies by Japanese. They were beaten savagely and died as the result of their injuries. One man was tied to a tree and given neither food nor drink for three days. He died on the fourth day, having been beaten daily. h) Prosecution document numbered 5322, the sworn statement of NIHIL I YA." 'AN J, is offered for identification, the marked excerpts "herein are produced in evidence. This document relates that in . ayor June 1^45, orders came from the Japanese Civil Administration that all persons caught stealing military or civil stores or food supplies would be killed on the spot. The witness who was attached to the administration states that he received these orders, but only beat people for theft and did not carry out the orders. Doc. No. 5456 Page 4 N I C 0 3 A R S. a) Prosecution document numbered 5112, the sworn state- ment of LESLIE, a Nicobarese, is now tendered for identification the marked excerpts therein being offered in evidence. This document states that tr,c Indians were beaten with rods, kicked with boots and burned with cigarettes by a Japanese. One of the Indians was beaten to death. The witness saw Dr. Jones T,ith wounds all over his body. Natives and Indians were beaten and with one exception, no medical treatment was ever given. They were blindfolded and driven away wh .le their personal belongings were given to the witness ^ho has never seen the men since. b) prosecution document numbered 5111? the sworn state- ment of ;R3. IC J0N33, is offered for identification, the marked excerpts therein being produced in evidence. The Affidavit states that on 10th July, 194-5, Dr. Jones, husband of the witness, was arrested by the Japanese. Two weeks later the witness •""as herself arrested on suspicion of helping her husband who was charged with being a spy. She was released n^xt day and re-arrested shortly after- wards. The witness saw 11 Nioobarese and Indians tied to posts with rope, gasping for breath. There was large raT-r patches on their knees and elbows. She saw another man bleeding from the head r̂hc appeared to have been terribly beaten. He died shortly after. V The witness overheard two Japanese tal-ing, one saying that Indians were not very strong and died from mere beating so that it was better to beat them only on the elbows and knees which caused pain and thus forced the truth. c) Prosecution document numbered 5110, the sworn state- ment of the Rev. JOHN RI^RDSO;!, is now introduced for identification and the marked excerpts offered in evidence. This document states that in July, 1945, sick Nicobarese and Indians were chosen, allegedly to be sent to hospital, and taken away by the Japanese, They were n^ver seen again. Dr. Jones who was taken away has never returned. Other victims -ere daily taken away, handcuffed, under armed guard, and never seen again. One Indian thus removed was later fc'::nd in the river, unconscious. 1 Evidentiary Document jl 3113* /S /oft SOllftHZ OF EX/iI.nmTIQN Of AEDUL RAHF, Clerk in the Chief Commissioner's Office, port Blair. Address- Aberdeen Tillage, port Blair. Duly affirmed states. I on 45 years of age, of Indian nationality and born at port Bl^ir. I.y permanent hone is port Blair and I an at present living at Aberdeen village, port Blair. SEAIIuN SUEO AZUIIA. whom. j could recognize was in charge of the investigations in the first "Spy Case". I was put up before hin on several occasions during the course of the trial, i was subjected to the following forns of torture by this nan personally and his assistants. (a) i was tied to the door and beaten with a thick stick so badly that I became unconscious. (b) His assistants caught both my hands and mc.de me stand upright and beat me very badly with a thick batten. He also kicked me with his heavy boots. (c) iiZUl.il helped to hold me down on to a bench on which I was already tied, while LT. HH1UBU SUGHLJU whon i could recog- nize, poured water down my nose and mouth. Two thick piece,' of wood were used by AZUFA and his assistants to hold me down and these were pressed across my chest and thighs. I have also seen AZUIIA. beat ILTAR SINGH so badly that large scptic wounds were produced on his thighs. V (Signed) ABDUL RAUF. interpreter; j certify that I duly translated the above summary to the witness in his own language, prior to his signature which appears aboi (Signed) H. BJ.HRON, Lfgor. Affirmed before me (signed) H. B/JJRON, Ifcjor 8th Bn. The Rajputana Rifles, This 17th day of December »45» Detailed to examine the above by the Commander-in-Chief, Allied Land Forces, south East Asia. (authority: ALFSEA War Crimes instruction Ho. 1, para. 7) y 6 > / / f r Evidentiary Document # 5321» /6/z & SUI.l-MZy OF EX/JZINATTON Of PYARAY I50KACT, Clerl: in supply Department. Address* school Lines village, port Blair. Duly affirmed states; I an ii3 years of age, of Indian nationality and born at port Elair» iy permanent hone is school Lines village where I an nor living, I yas arrested in a spy Case on approx. 25 Jan. 43 and brought to jail where I was tortured, six Japanese, v;ho I do not know first gave no about 100 lashes with a cane till I was unconscious. I cane to after about half an hour; they led ne to a bed and then poured about five buckets of water into ny nose, i again becane unconscious for about 6 hours. SE.UMT SUEO .uZUm whon 1 could recognize was present and I heard hin ordering the Japanese to torture me, (Sifted) PYARAY I D M . i interpreter; I certify that I duly translated the above summary to the witness in his own language, prior to his signature which appears above. (Signed) H. BARRON, I-pjor. Affirmed before ne (signature) H. BAKRQt", IPjor, 8th En. The pajputana Rifles. This 21st day of peceriber '45- Detailed to exanine the above by the commander-in-chief, Allied Land Forces, south East Asia. (Authority; ALFSEA war Crimea Instruction NO. 1. para. 7), Evidentiary pocunnr.t -I 5114 • SUI.ll'JJY OF EXi'J.3KATIOIT OF HABiffi-UR-R&fl AN» Clerk in tlie Chief Commissioner's office. Address. Aberdeen Village, port Blair. Duly affirmed statess I an 28 years of age, of Indian nationality and born at Calcutta* permanent home is Aberdeen village where I an now living SEAli.1T SUEO JIZDI.A .v'hom I could recognize,while AEDUL KEL'JJPV8 wife was beiig investigated by Lira severely handled her. ue beat her with heavy sticks while his assistant YOSHHARA IIEKEI.a: was burning her naked body all over, she was true and refused to say what they wanted her to say. On another occasion AZIJLA came to our house with SUSULIU HASIilDA to find an Allied code book and also prepare a plan of the place in the house where the messages were alleged to have cone from. On yet another occasion he cane to our house with IHKEM and suggested to KIIALIQ,'s wife that if she would say that ABDUL KHALI<1 had transmitted messages, he promised to let our men off. ue moreover suggested that all was done under compulsion of IiiBAY.̂ ! RAO who v;as a hi^h officer with influential powers, TO this she objected assuring AZUI.il that it was all false. Then he replied "Your husband shall neve: come hone« Abdul Khaliq was shot. I recognize YOSHIHaM 3K0.H and SUSUIU HASHIDA. (Signed ) HtBIB-DH-HAHI&N. I certify that I duly translated the above summary to the witness in his own language, prior to his sigature which appears above. (Signed) H. EAHiOK, Major. Affirmed before me (signature) n. EAHRQN» IPjor. 8th 0n* The pajputana Rifles. This 24th day of Decenber '45« Detailed to examine the above by the commander-in-chief, Allied Land Forces, south East Asia. (Authoritys ALFSEA War Crimes mstne No. 1, para. 7) - / 3 F F . .uwit § 3116. SOJfliiUY OF EX.jm.TION of 2AIT00N BE3I. Widow of iJ3DUL luLJLIQ,. .berdoen village, port Blair. Duly affirmed, states I an 24 years of age, of Indian nationality and born at port Blair, J.y permanent home is Aberdeen village where 1 an now living. During January 1943» husband was arrested and taken to the jail. The next day j also was taken to the Jail j this went on for the next three days as each evening I was allowed to return hone as I had a two months old son. During the periods I spent in the jail I was asked by SEAMAN SUEO AZIMI* whom I could recognize, whether ay husband (ABDUL KHALI^)» my father-in-law, NARAYAN RAO, S I F I I R I V H U X , CIHSDTIu S I N G H , ATTiJ? S I N G E AND D R . S U T U . I I " bad any means of communicating with the British, to which I replied I do not knw anything about it. On receiving this reply, YOSHDL'JIA I IE.-"I. whom I now recognize, AZUI'A ind LT. HUOJRU SUGHL'JiAi whom 1 could recognize, started boating my father-in-law, who was tied to a bench,, with sticks. They also beat me by slappig me with their hands and kicking mof after about one hour 1 was released and allowed to return home. The same evening at about 9 p.m. they again sent for me and took me to the jail where 1 was taken to a roomin which I met my husband in my presence the three Japanese AZUMn, IHKI11 and SDGIHuRA beat my husband with a stick until he was unconscious; blood was pouring from wounds in his body; they then throw hot and cold water over my husband in order to revive him. They then asked hin to confess to sendis messages to the British} he refused to do so.. On his refusing to comply with their request they told hin that if he continued to refuse to confess that they would carry out the s:uc forn of torture 011 ne. lie again refused and thoy beat ne with a stick in front of my husband. After this they took ne to another room where I was made to remove my clothes, tied ne up with my hands raised above my head end my legs apart lan/JH then placed a lighted candle on a stool between my legs and burnt my private parts. They then started to ask me questions about my husban to which I replied that they have not been doing anything and I do not know anything. They then produced what appeared to be a wireless set and said that they had found it in my house and told ne that I must say that 'Ty husband, father-in-law, NARAYiJ! MO, SUKAR KHAN, CHHOTTA SINGH, ATTAR SINGH and DP. SURAH1 were communicating with the British by neans of this machine', TO this I replied that the machine had not come from my house and that I did not know anything about it. They agai beat me for about 20 ninutes. After this they released ne, gave me my clothes and sent me to another room. address: Evidentiary Document § 51l6. 2. * After about 25 minutes they called me and said that all seven of the accused (including my husband and father-in-law) had confessed that thoy had been sending messages to the British, also witness had stated the same, and asked me why I did not admit to the charge, to I which I rep3.ied that they m y have stated these things by torture but ! i knew nothing about ito They also told me that if I signed a confessio to the effect that they (the seven accused) were sending messages to the British that they would release both my husband and ryself. I again refused after which they released me and allowed me to return home. jjy husband was later shot. | (Signed) ZAITOON EIBI. Interpreter; I certify that I duly translated the above summary to the witness in her orai language, prior to her sigature which appears above. (Signed) ? Capt. Affirmed before me (signature) H. E/JinON, I.Pjor, 8th Bn. The Eajputana Kifles. This 24th day of December 1945 • Detailed to examine the above by the Commander-in-Chief, Allied Land Forces, south East Asia. (Authority: ALFSEA T7ar Crimes instruction ho0 1, para. 7) /£>/*/ft Evidentiary Document // 5 H 7 » AFFIDAVIT si,'ORFT BEFORE IAJOR H.T»'--. BJTRON AT PORT EL.IR ON DECEI3ER il-TII 1945. OIE'EED HOBSaJR of ̂ BEEDEEN B-JZL-AR. having been duly affirmed, states On 2nd Aug. 45 I »as arrested in r.iy house in ABERDEEN BAZ.AJ? by a poire 3 cons Sable arid I then joined another party who had been rounded up by six Japanese„ Three of these Japanese I believe to be officers, I was taken to jail and locked in a cell with 9 other men •/hemJ do not Know (and v;hou w-jre laser drowned) until the 3rd ̂ ug. 45 • At about 5 p*!tto on the 3rd j and the rest were taken to the main gate where JOCHT FrONOSUEE told us that it had already been published that as from August onwards no rations would be supplied to the public and that we were being sent to a new pi ce to cultivate the land. There were a great number of people., I think about J00 or 800. i.e were loaded onto lorries and taken on to . P7T?~T:~?T JETTY under Japanese escort. I was put in ore of the boats but could not observe what was happening outside my boat. At about 7 p.m., we sailed end in the early morning of the following day (about 2 aem0) we reached a point approx. 4OO yards from the shore where we were forced into the sea. The Japanese used sticks and bayonets and I was hit with both, in my boat there were only men and two or three children. I swam for the shore and there waited for the dawn. I believe about two hundred men and two or three children reached the shore in safety0 Eith five other men j set off down the coast in search of food and shelter. '*'e could find nothing and were forced to live under the trees eeting anything we could find, 1 heard that EUHCESE had looted other parties and aluo i.hat the Japanese had nought a small amount of rice to the island but we did not see either. One by one my companions died due to starvation and when the Japanese cames approx. one month and twenty days after,, I was the only one left. The Japanese informed me that they had signed a peace treaty and pro- viding 1 would return to AEERLEEN they would feed me and treat me well. I was taken to a place where there were ten other men of whom I recog- nised BEAGAT SINGH, BOLvL-N SINGE and FUT'JA. ¥ 0 were broufefc by the IJUrgimaster SiZAO TJCHU.ITRu and one Japanese officer and 10 or 12 soldiers to BAIB00 FIAT JETTY. From the jetty we were taken and put in a roou in the Doctor's bungalow at E.JI300 FLATS* we were there for four days and during tliat time wore given a very small quantity of rice and water. T?e were not allowed out and no sanitary arrangements existed in the room. *;e were taken from there by the purgxmaster SAZAO UC3E3E. and seven other Japanese, at ni&t, to a tunnel where after four days FUTEA died due to the terrible conditions of water and cold. Ehen he died his body was thrown backinto the tunnel and the door closed. 1 do not know where the tunnel is because it was dark the whole of the time, 70 were taken to Japanese HQ, at Z^JhC-Q FL».T where Evidentiary Document 5117* 2. • our names were recorded. Then we were loaded on to a tarpauli. covered truck and taken to E/JEOO FLAT HdSPITAL. Of the eleven men only one was a BCHIMT* The Japanese boats could have gone in closer to the shore although the sea was a bit choppy. I was a coolie working for the Japanese up til the evening before I was arrested. That eveningmy work ticket was taken off me, I had never committed any crime against the Japanese or Civilians. X ! "OIL J ED HJSS/-BT. Taken down by me at PORT ELAIR on December 4th 1945• (Signed) H-. EAHnCUt mjor. 8tli 31. The Rajput ana Rifles. Evidentiary Document # 5317* SUI/FARY OF EXiJ.UNCTION OF IIBAD ALI, Schoolteacher* Address- PAHARGAON, PORT BLAIR. duly affirmed states; I am 35 years of age, of Indian nationality and born at port Blair. i(y p eminent home is pahargaon where I am now living. At the end of October '44, I was arrested and taken to the Cellular jail, por the first 12 days I had no idea why I was there and no charge was made against me. on 11 of these days I was taken to the torture room twice a day, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 and made to kneel on a sharp piece of wood with a pole between the bend of my knees, my hands raised above my head and heavy books placed upon them* I was made to do this by whatever constable was on duty. M.TAICHI MITSUBISHI whom I now recognise, paid frequent visits to the room to make sure that it was being carried out properly. On two occasions I became unconscious, was revived with a bucket of water and made to start again. On the 13th day j was taken before PETTY OFFICER I.HYOSKITJDA whom 1 now recognise and he charged me with having received signal lamps from the Headman of SCHOOL LEES VILLAGE, a false charge. I denied the charge and TADA started to beat me with a large stick. After 20 minutes I was tied to the door and was beaten until I feigned unconsciousness, prater was thrown over me to revive me and 1 was then told to sit in a chair, TaDA produced a large safety pin and after heating it in the flame of a candle, ho thrust it under the nail of the middle finger on my left hand to a depth of approx, After this I was sent back to the torture room and was again made to kneel on the stick etc. Three days later I was again taken before TADA who produced a pen and paper and told me to write out a confession. I refused and was again beaten by TADA. I was then tied to a grid,feet uppermost until I again feigned unconsciousness, A bucket of water was thrown over me and again $ADA thrust a pin into my finger, this time the third finger of my left hand. After this 1 was sent back to the torture room and made to kneel on the stick again. Two days later I was again brought before TADA and this time 1 was tied to the grid and a policeman ;7as instructed by T A D a to burn me with a candle on my thighs and private parts. 1 still would not confess and was again taken to the torture room. On the last occasion 1 was taken before TADA he instructed SULTAT to torture me with a pin. This SULTAN did six times twice each on three fingers of my left hand. TADA then gave instructions that my fingers should be burntj this SULTAN did with a candle, j still refused to confess and was taken %ack to the torture room. Evidentiary Document ff. 5318 • 2. Here I saw my aged father-in-law being ill-treated and I thought that I could stand no more so I wrote out my confession. On 24 I'ov. 44 I was released, , (Signed) Il.OAD ALI. Interpreter; I certify that I duly translated the above summary to the witness in his language, prior to his signature which appears above. (Signed) H. BAREON. I£jor. K.&JMM, Affirmed before me (signature) , Jfijor 8th Bn. the Rajputana Rifles. This 21st day of December '45* Detailed to exanine the above by the Commander-in-Chief, Allied Land forces, south East Asia, (Authority} ALFSEA War crimes instruction No, 1, para 7») Evidentiary Document # 5321» /6/z & SUM.ARY OF EXAMBTATIQN OF MORAS ALI at present in jail. Addressj civil jail, port Blair, Duly affirmed states} I am 41 years of age, of Indian nationality, born at HARABTA, a village in the punjab, India, j.<y permanent home is ILJiAINA. I am at present a prisoner in port Blair jail. After the execution of NARAYAN RAO in March, 1943» I became A.S.F. and am therefore in a position to give information regarding various trials. m the »2nd SPY CASS1 a boy 1®HAM£ED ALI was making a sketch map near the 'HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTH POINT'• He was seen by a Japanese soldier who arrested him and took him to his O.C's bungalow. The state- ment that the boy made^fhat FAIZAL HASSAN had ordered him to make sketches of Japanese defence positions. The boy was taken to the SIIIREIBU and hero he stated that RATAN CHANS of JUNGLX GHAT, assistant to FAIZAL NUSSABTt had ordered him to make the sketch map. The case was then referred to MATAICHI NITSUBASHI and FAIZAL HUSS6N, RATAN CHAKD and all their assistants were arrested without reason. I was present during' most of the time during which the case was in_progress^ The case was tried by three judges fromJSBJGAPOREt] whose names I do not know, and they were assisted by MJTSUBASHI, SUSUI1J HASHIDA, SGT. YASUO HAYASHI, SGT., SENICIII CSOJim, SGT. KIYOSHI IIDA, and YOSHBHAHU MnG3:3 .j^urlng the whole of this case there was absolutely no direct "or concrete evidence against any one of the accused. Each in his turn was tortured and when they could no longer stand the strain they made false confessions implicating others. Eventually 43 were executed, 12 died in jail through torture and illness and one committed suicide. During' this case I saw the following methods of torture carried out by the people mentioned. (a) prisoners were tied to a grill, legs apart and the lower portion of their body from the waist downwards naked. A stool was placed undsr the crutch and on it a lighted candle, so placed that it would burn their private parts. As the candle burned down, so a book was placed under it to bring it up to the required height. Those I actually saw carrying out this torture were - (1) a SHED A, (2) HAYASIII. and (3) one of the SINGAPORE JUDGES. From time to time the judge and HASHIDA would ignite a piece of paper and pass the flame over the thighs and private parts of the accused. Both men and women were treated in this manner. Evidentiary Document ff. 5318 • 2. (b) ordinary steel pins were heated in the flume of a candle and jjyxtjust into the finger of the accused, just beneath the fingernail.J Those i saw doing this were - (1) HASHIDA, (2) HAYASHI, (3) Chlefpotty Officer HIRIO lu-.QA.0SA, (4) CKUMORA. and (5) the judge. (c) The accused was made to lie flat on his back on the ground, a pole was placed over his chest and another over his thighs. Four men pressed downwards on his chest and thighs. The head of the accused was then held back and water was poured into his nose and mouth until his ' stomach was visibly swollen.j Those responsible and those whami s® doing TKis were - (1) OKUHJRA and (2) HAYASKI. i (d) As each person came in, before torture, they were slapped and ; brutally beaten with a stick by MTTSUEASKI. Duringthe whole of the case ' L2TSUBASHI was in close consultation with the interpreters and took notes ! of false confessions, j m other cases I have seen the following methods of torture | » (a) The prisoner was made to kneel on a piece of wood, (a stick with • a sharp edge). Another stick was placed in the bend of the knees, hands j were raised and heavy- books placed upon them, when Hie prisoner dropped i the books or collapsed through fatigue he was beaten and made to take up 1 the same position, j Those I saw inflicting this torture were - (1) petty officer MIY0SHI TADA, ( 2) HIHIO NAGAOSA, (3) HAYASHI» and (4) PETTY OFFICER FUI3JICHI OZANI. Done under the instructions of MJTSUEASr:i, Fawab All was stripped of his clothing and tied to a grill. His |wife and daughter were made to remove their clothing and each in turn was I tied to UAWAB ALI face to face, "jhile in this position they were beaten with a stick by the judgs, HASHIEA was also in the room. Others were als treated like this by the same people.) I now recognise the following:- MATi.ICHI ITESSUBASHI, SCJSUMJ HASHIDA, SGT. YASOO ILiYASEI, SGT. SENICHI 01101'ERA, YCSHIHARU MEEMT, PETTY OFFICER NIYOSHI TADA, PETTY OFFICER FUIUTICIII 0ZA2I and CHIEF PETTY OiTICER HIHIO NAGAOSA (Signed) IM'J) ALI. interpreter; j certify that I duly translated the above summary to the witness in his own language, prior to his signature which appears above, (Signed) ? Affirmed before me (signature )H* rujor, 8th Bn. The Rajputan Rifles, this 20th day of December 1945. Detailed to examine the above by the Commander-in-Chief, Allied Land Forces, south East JlSia. (Authority. ALFSEA War Crimes Instructions No. 1, para. 7), Evidentiary Document # 5321» /6/z & SUKARY OF ZXAHDNTATION OF EUIII IfcDAN. (Occupation) Cultivator, (Address) Bumlitan port Blair, duly sworn states- I am 30 years of age, of Indian nationality and born at port Blair, l.y permanent home is port Blair, I am at present living at Bumlitan port Blair, YOSHIDA the jap supervisor in our village went to SUBAIYA's house on a day in July 45« a11^ started searching it. At the end of his search he found some paddy and accused SUBA.IYA of stealing it, ^t first he slapped SUEAIYA at the latter's house and then took him to his own quarter where sUB'ilYA was tied to a tree and given a severe beating with a stick, I saw YOSHIDA dealing out blows with all his might. Then SUBIIYA became unconscious and his wife supported him back home. As a result of this beating SUBIIYA could not move at all and lay in bed in great pain. He ultimately died after over a week's suffering. SUBAB?A was quite healthy before this beating and i do not remember his being ill prior to this incident. U I can recognise YOSHIDu. (Signed) BUM NAD AH. interpreter; I certify that I duly translated the above summary to the witness in his own language, prior to his signature which appears above. (Signed) ? , capt. interpreter. Sworn before me (signature) r,H. CLIFFORD, I.Sijor, this 7th day of January 194&. Detailed to examine the above by the Commander in chief, Allied Land Forces, south East Asia. Evidentiary Document # 5321» Summary of Examination of im^MM), Coolie. Address. '.Timberley C-anj. port Blair, Duly affirmed states; I am 35 years of age, of Indian nationality and born at KOTEELIAK, PUNJAB. 17 permanent home is timberley Ganj. where I am now living. On approx. 15th July, 1945. RA1ASWAL1I, Coolie of BAJEOO GHAT, took some vegetables from the fields of SAZAO UCHDHRA»whom I now recognise, one night. The Japanese discovered this and next morning UCEDJDRA accompanied by two other Japanese went to JU11^7AMIfs house, searched it and discovered some leaves. The Japanese then took RAMASTZAIH to UCHnilRl's house where he was beaten unconscious by UCHBURA with a stick. Ri-JJmWSII was then taken by me to a hut near UCHIMJRA's bungalow where he aied next day. I saw the beating and saw RAI^S^ALIPs body being taken away. 2. Also on approx. 4th August,1945. SH-EARNADAi Coolie of BAMBOO (SLIT took some tubers from UCHIHJPA's fields. UCHI1HRA and IIATSUTAUO SA17AEE, whom I now recognise, beat him with sticks until he became senseless. Cold water wa s then poured on him to revive him and then he was again beaten. Finally hot water was pored over him. UCEHURE then ordered SHHR JANG (now deceased) and ALLAH YAR of BalEOO GI-L.T to take him to the police station, SHAKARtkJJ&i however, died before the police station was reached Slh'X-PNL'Jl, was nearly 5° years old. 3. Op- approx. 28th August, 1945. WALI WW of BalBOO GIInT, also took some roots from UCHEm'Js fields. He was tied to the trunk of a tree! by UCIIUvIUPA aided by £ATSUTAR0 SA17LNE and BUESHIRO TtiNIGUCHI, both of "whom I now recognise. (JLJI KOHD was loft there for three days and beaten dail^/by UCHII.DRA, T/NIGUCHI and SAWANE with sticks. £ Ho was given neither food nor water ana died on the fourth day. (Signed) X Left hand Thumb printof J.iOHAIfi'JD.. I certify that the above left hand thumb print is of MOH/JMJD as taken by me, (Signed) H.IANCY, IPjor. iniorproter; I certify that 1 duly translated the above summery to the witness in his own language, prior to his thumbprint which appears above (Signed) H.IANCY, IP J or. /6/z & Evidentiary Document ff. 5 3 1 8 • 2. Affirmed before me (signature) H. LlTCYi I.<a jor. 8th Bn. The pajputan pifles, This 4th day of January 1945 • Detailed to examine the above by the Comander-in-Chief, Allied Land Forces, south East Asia. (Authority. ALFSEA War Crimes instruction I Jo. 1, para 7) f f 4 / Evidentiary Document # 5321» / 6 / z & ? summary of Examination of M0HAM4KD, Coolie. | Address- y/imberley C-anj. port Blair, j Duly affirmed states{ I aE1 35 years of age, of Indian nationality and born at i K O T I T E L I A K , P U N J A B . W permanent home is timberley Ganj. where I am now 1 living. I i on appro;-:. 15th July, 19451 RAFAStfAIII, Coolie of BA1®00 GHAT» i took some vegetables from the fields of SAZAO UCEIMTRa.whoni I now recognise, one night. The Japanese discovered this and next morning I UCEUvIURA accompanied by two other Japanese went to mMJSWAMI's house, ! searched it and discovered some leaves. The Japanese then took { HAMAS',IAI(3 to UCHIMJPA's house where he was beaten unconscious by ! UCHIMJRA with a stick. RiM\S17AM was then taken by me to a hut near i UCHH.ilEA's bungalow where he aied next day. i 1 I saw the beating and saw RAKJSWANI's body being taken away. i ; 2. Also on approx, 4tli August ,1945, SELJCkHNADA, Coolie of BAIffiOO . | fflL'-T took some tubers from UCHILfJHA.'s fields. UCHIIHRA find HATSUTARO SAITANE, whom I now reco^iise, beat hiia with sticks until he became I senseless. Cold water wa s then poured on him to revive him and then ; he was again beaten. Finally hot water was pored over him. UCHIMURA. then ordered SEEP JANG (now deceased) and ALLAH YAP of BAIEOO GIL.T to take him to the police station. i S&'&AHN.Ea., however, died before the police station was reached, j SILX-RIAJX- was nearly 5° years old. 3. cm approx. 28th August, 1945. EALI MDHD of BJBOO GHAT, also took some roots from UCHIl'URA's fields. He was tied to the trunk of a tree] by UCHEJJPA aided by £AT50TAR0 SAFINS and BUNSHIRO T.NIGUCHI, both : of "whom I now recognise. Qj,XI KOHD was loft there for three days and beaten d-ily/by T T C I I I H J R A , TANIGUCHI and S I J 7 A N E with sticks. i i | He was given neither food nor water ana died on the fourth day. | (Signed) X Left hand Thumb prittof I.©HAM.tAD. - I certify that the above left hand thumb print is of M0H/JMJ) as taken by me. (Signed) H.LANCY, J/Pjor. nlorproter; I certify that I duly translated the above summary to the witness in his own language, prior to his thumbprint which appears above. (Signed) H.LANCY, LPjor, Evidentiary Document fj. 5321« 2. Affirmed before me (signature) H. L/JTCYi Major. 8th Bn. The pajputan pifles, This 4th day ef January 1945• Detailed to examine the above by the Commander-in-Chi ef, Allied Land Forces, south East Asia. (Authority; ALFSEh War Crimes instruction IJo, 1, para 7) Evidentiary Document 5322. SUMMARY OF EXAMINATION OF Occupation; /.£icultural overseer. Address* duly sworn s t a t e s I am 44 years of age, of Japanese nationality and born at lokbshina Ken, Oe-gun, Village of i-pr'iyarxi, "jy permanent hone is ghinbeski-gun Hokkaido. I an at present under detention. in May or June of this year orders came fron the Minseibu stating that people, whether they be local civilians or military personnel, who were caught stealing military or civil stores or food supplies, could be shot and killed on the spot. I received these orders, as j was in charge of labours in the Dundas point area, but I never carried them out, I beat some people whom I caught stealing, or about whom I heard of having done so, by the local villagers, j I never beat anyone to death or caused anyone to die as a result of "beating. Towards the end of July acting on information given by the villagers, I called BACHAN SINGH to my house and questioned him in connection with the theft of potatoes from the fields. He confessed to having stolen thejji and I then took him outside, and beat him on the buttocks before the assembled villagers as an example. I beat him about four tines with a stick. No one else beat him at hat time, BACHAN SINGE died about the end of sept, from malaria. Iwent to enquire what had happened to him, and his wife and father told me that it was from malaria that he died. His death was in no way caused by my beating of him at the end of July. I deny all knowledge of having ever beaten AU(HARDIN. I do not recollect any incident concerning ErIAU. I believe he died of malaria about jjarch of this year. I do recollect having beaten TARA SINGH two or three times with a stick in July 1945 having stolen cocoanuts. so far as I know, he is still living at Dundas Ft. I have never beaten FOR MIJD., He died of malaria or amoebic dysentery in sept. 1945 • During July and August of 1945 I recollect having beaten a numbe; of people a little, but j cannot remember their names, it was generally on account of their idleness, ana sometimesbcase they stolefruit and vegtables etc. I 1 {NETEI YAMiNIi;. j Evidentiary DOcm. onx 532- • o I always saw that those who worked well_and did their jobs properly received their full pay and rationsa fAoting on the instruction of the i.dnseibu, i did not give any pay or rations to those who were idl and did not come to work in the fields,] (Signed) x x x x (Japanese characters) (Signed) s.K. GILL, p/o. Interpreter; I certify that I duly translated the above summary to the witness in his own language, prior to his signature which appears above, (Signed) interpreter, panic, SV7orn before me (signature) r,n. C A F F O H D , Maj, this 4th day of Jan. 1946. Detailed to examine the above by the C in C » A L F S E A . Evidentiary Document # 5321» /6/z & Witnesss- T/F̂ T.rE (Nieobarese) Christian having been duly sworn statess~ I an LESLIE, a Nieobarese of m s village,, I an 21 years of ag On the first air raid in oct0 1944 I was not taken as a war prisoner, bi^tthe second one in February and the lust in July 1945 I '"'as taken, j I was not taken to tbe_ jungle- but I went with superior private HISAO KJHJRA to IIQ. 14 PJl/lrAEKA. iSSA-an Indian, and IDJTTI were taken fron KATCANA village r.o tne~civ.il Gov't 0 Office by 0apto YASUO H3NSYUKI, This Japanese Captain said that they had stolen rice fron a Japanese sto:re0 1 saw themboaten with rods; kicked with boots and burnt "with cigarettes by superior private HISAO EJiOTAo The next day TARUKA was asked if he knew anything about rockefsVj TAEUKA said «yes» because Superior private HISAO E.HBRA said he would give hin plenty of rice, cigarettes and clothes if TiJ7UEA would tell ne who let up sone rockets to the pritish vessels* frARTKA sa:d that HASSAN KUTTI sent up the rocketsT] I asked hin why he jfcold lies and he said that it was due to his pain fron the beating® |KHPTI was taken to a shelter near the "SHI PET" house about 50 yards awaye There he was questioned by Superior private HISAO KIIURA and was beaten to death by superior private HISAO KHURA for lie did not kno\7 anything about rockets and radio . \ This was the first nan killed by superior private HISAO KtMCJRA ancT'iarStJO a petty officer fron 14 PJ[C IZUTTI was killed by beating only0 I actually saw hin beatento death by superior private HISAO EHWBA acid petty Officer JUTS^O ARAIo The next day Dre JOKES was brought in and he was at once handcuffed, I did not know where he was taken, J one day 1 was asked to give Br, JONES a cup of water and sone biscuits and 1* saw sone wounds all over his body and to re- thought he night have been burned with something J Drc JCNES was in a building near the Japanese naval Commander's house, Capt, TJEDA was the Japanese Naval commander* The next day TI003A ALI, KAMIN, HELJtff, ALHLHT SAISIEL, 1.5DKALED, JOHN, CHRISTOPHER, S0I,01DN9 and some Indians,namely SEERAJ, MAMUD, M3- TON, HASSAN and others were brought in before inter- preter MJNE2AHJ YASUDA and Site injor HACIIIR<MSII MITStTCEA. £.1*inter- preted for lairoo and he was questioned of the rockets to which he said he did not know, so he was beaten with a rod by superior private HISAO KIMUPA® The next d^v he was dead due to ill-treatment by Superior _^rivate HISAO rE.IiTRA<~| I did not see how the others were treated becausc Superior private eTSAO I[E,m'i sent me on some errands? I told superior private HISAO KUCHA that I was afraid to interpret his speaking;, so I was given as a servant to my friendst the prisoners® one day 1 was asked if 1 know about the rockets and 1 said that I did not, 3ut Superior private HISAO ICIilURA who asked me said 1 was a liar but 1 was i 11-treated„ I was allowed to give food and water to the prisoners0 | I did not actually see the other prisoners beaten bus they were always tied up by the ix&jads and feat and wer® bi.uej.ing .£>?«& wand«5 ail over | their bcdiesg T&th the exception cf TARDEA I never saw any one have p Evidentiary Document § 5112.a his uounds treated* Latere the prisoners were bound and blindfolded and were put in motor osrs and i do not know where they wenc0 Things belonging 10 the victims wore g.-.vea to ma as well as three blanketsj I do not know to whom t-hoy belongs 30ms silver wire was also given to me© 1 never saw the prisoners again© T have never seen rockets fired or seen any lights on the sky or heard of rockets or radio? | (Signed) LESLIE® X X (Signed) K« EE.ITRA. (signed) He IllTSJOZAo X X (Signed) y, MH&IUKI (Japanese characters) T hereby certify that superior private KL'IAO K I E C P A , Capt, YASUO LUKFiUXl"? Sgto IS*J, EAOSTHCSi'm I^TEUOEA and petty Officer I.HT3U0 jxRulfl all of whom I now rc-jognize, signed and fingerprinted the above statement in ny presence„ (Signed) LESLIE, Evidentiary Document ji 5111. 1st witness^- IKS. JOKES» having been duly sworn;- On the 7th July 1945 we were ordered to evacuate our hones and go to TiilALU, place of civil Government, On the following day we were driven from there and had to take shelter in the jungle, the reason being that if the Allied Forces landed TAIALU would probably _be the first target, j whenever the:?<_ were ra5d j either by air or sea the English speaking people were sus to get some sort of harassment at the hands of the Japanese. On the 10th July, Dr. JONES was arrested by Captain TOYOSAHJRi SUM, the civil Chief of the Japanese administration. J The same evening I made enquiries of some officers (KINOSHIIA andTTOBAYSHl) about my husband but I found no definite reply and by the way they spoke and the look on their faces I imagined they were lying to conceal something from me. j requested SUL3 at least to get a letter from my husband in his own handwriting stating that he was well. The next day SUT.IT told me that the Naval Germander UEBA did not like the idea and there was a difference of opinion between him and the Commander and lastly he had to resign. On the 14th July, there was a meeting organised by the japs and than only 1 cane to know that not only my husband but also about 30 persons were arrested - all under the same charge of signalling to the British Forces. Small groups of people were arrested after that on the sane cause. I.y husband was seen writing something for the Japanese from the 10th to the 14th and afterwards it was reported that he was found both hands and feet tied up, inside a leaking motor shed, since then I have had no news of my husband.J whenever I had occasion to speak to the Japanese 1 always wanted to prove ny husband's innocence, but the Japanese would not listen to ne. 1 was given to understand by TCTTfTPA that HENRY JiilES (a Nicobarese) was also arrested with ny husband. I learnt that HENRY JAI5ES signed a confession bond stating that when IS. SCCT5E1 was about to leave CL-R NICCEAR he handed about 400 rockets to DR. JONES and that DR. JONES distributed these rockets among the Nicobarese and indLians, thus giving them a chance to comnxinicate with the Allied Forces. On 24th July, I was arrested and was sent straight to the Civil Administrative Building where I was questioned by Captain UJDA (interpreter IQIIJEA) as to whether I was helping my husband and whether he had any co-operation with the Allied Forces. They also told me that my husband was arrested and charged with espionage and that they were going to produce him before some higher authorities, for further ^jfcrial^] AS my husband always said that he was innocent>"1 "was released the next morn in/-. / S> 1 » f r Evidentiary Document § _51H» "IK 2. On the 11th August, I was again arrested by YASUDA on a charge that I had a wireless set in my possession and that I knew how to operate it. j Tiiey also stated that the remaining rockets were with me, I was taken to Army H.Q. and on r.y wayfj noticed 11 Nicobarese and Indians, hands tied together and all tied to posts under a "Beehive hut" Itie next day j too was taken to this Beehive hut - was told to go up- stairs and from there I could plainly see the mdians and Nicobarese below me, tied with strong rope and tortured to such an extent that they were really gasping for breath. There were large raw patches on knees, elbows, and they were considerably worried by flies. I saw one soldier, whose name I do not know threaten PAUL IAI.1L with a bayonet and then bea-ft him across the knees and elbows, at the same time asking him when he would^ show IELTAI where the_wireless set was^j By KET.TAI I understood hi. to man SJT. IfiJCR HACHIROEIBN IATSUCKA. TJhile at Army HQ, I had seen one ran (PACTA), who had been terribly beaten and blood was streaming down from his head. I came to know that he died very soon after. Later I overheard LUI1EHAMJ YASUDA talking to a soldier and saying that Indians were not very strong and _ died from beating only, j I heard him tell the soldier that in future he should beat them, net about the head, but only about the elbows and kneesj which will give them a gradual pain and make them tell the truth. I recollect that a number of those I had seen had no skin left about their knees or elbows, j i |On s®pt. 4th, SUIT came to me with some presents from B% and forced me to accept them, j He was also asking me whether I was angry with the chief. I hacT to reply in the negative as I was then too much afraid of the Japanese. I wanted to know the whereabouts and welfare of ny husband but SUI.II was too clever and told me that my husband was still alive but his return would be difficult. I was told not to worry as peace had been declared and everything would be settled soon. I have never seen any rockets fired by car iiicobarese or known of any wireless sets being used for communication to the Allied Forces. (Signed) I. JQMES„ X X (Signed) CATT. SUIH. (signed) Japanese characters. I'ATSUGKA. X (Signed) Japanese characters. YASUDA. I hereby certify that Capt. TOYOSABUBO SUI.IT. Sergeant Major HACHKCO.DU I.!ATSUCEn and I.IJHEHAHU YASUDA, whom j now recognise, signcl and fingerprinted the above statement in ry presence. (Signed) I. JOKES Evidentiary Document f 5110. REV. JOHN EICH/JZDSC3M being duly sworn states I an the Rev. John Richardson of the Church of England and an a nicobarese by birth and my age is about 57 years. in August 1943 coolies were wanted to moke the roads and to novo the Naval Headquarters fron T.US to IIJA.CCA. Epidemics of inflammation of the eyes and influenza vfertf'prsfrailing at the tine. One Nicobarese was struck several tines by superior private HISAQ KE.ER This Nicobarese was sick with pneunonia and died the following night as a result of the beating. The last raids were in July 19451 the longest one lasting sev&- days, rearing that English and Americans would land we were all remove*- into the interior detention camp.V All the tine we were accused of ^signalling to the enemy and that NR. SCOTT had distributed rockets. Capt. UEDA» Naval commander, cane into our canj) and told us that we were all pro-English. He said that if the enemy landed not a soul wouE be left on the island neither animals nor leaves on the trees. Next morning we were paraded and the sick Nicobarese and mdia: were picked out by superior private KIMURA who said that they would be sent to hospital for treatment. After that no news of them was heard. Next morning DP. JONES was taken by Capt. TOYOSADUPO SUI.2 on the plea that some pamphlets had been dropped and that DR. JONES would translate them into Japanese and come back after three days. He never returned. Every morning a batch of vittims was picked out"}by superior private "HISAO lai.HR̂ . Superior private r.HNORU 0N0 and" first class private SIZUNO HITATiNI of the I3NSEIEU,,|till no more were loft. Armed soldier, would wait at a distance. The victims were led there handcuffed and taken to Naval HO, They were never seen again, one morning I saw an Indian who had been removed a few days before fron our canp. His name was I . A G H T L . Five armed soldiers including LDNEHARU YASUDA threw the victim into the river. His head was badly cut fron a rock and he was unconscious. They were trying to revive him but he never recovered consciousness. They told ne to give then 4 Nicobarese to carry hin as far as a waiting lorry. He was ever seen again. \ Capt. TOYOSABORO SUII was removed by order of Capt. UEDA and a new nan was appointed, Capt. AEASHI. This captain worried me every day about rockets and radio sets. He asked me if 1 ever used radio, 'Jhen 1 said "Never* he would not believe ne. He then ordered ne to go and live at TAI ALU IvIINSEIHJ. Just then the news reached then that peace had been signed, j would have been the next victin had the war continued. Evidentiary ftocunent § 5110. 2. r- I know the car Nicobarese very well and an in their con- fidence. 1 have never seen or heard of rockots being on the island or being fired or have 1 heard of wireless being used to sorxmnicate with the Allied Forces. (Signed) J. RICHARDSON. X X (Signed) N. ONO. (Signed n. IQUJEA X X X (Signed) T. SOIl. (signed) M. YASUDA. (signed) s. CTTAIANI. I hereby certify that superior private MNOEU ONO., Superior private msAO EHUR-, First Class private TIZUNO 1'ITATANI, Capt. TCYOSuTORO SUI.3, Interpreter I.UETTfL'JTO' YASUDA, all of whon j now recognize, signed fingerprinted the above statement in ny presence. (Signed) j, IttCILRDSON,jjviaentiary Document •“ 5 4 5 7 page 1 S Y N O P S I S j ii^m^isL^nr^j r 1 a ) prosecution Docuiaant numbered 5 3 3 5 » the A f f i d a v i t of rir# V . i-ITFIW, i s now of fered for i d e n t i f i c a t i o n ! the liiarkea excerpts be in^ produced i n evidence . This ^ f i d a v i t states th^t in November f 1 9 4 2 f 2 6 3 o f f i c e r s and men p /マ a rr ived in H a i n a n • The a c c o m o d a t i o n for the draft which consisted of s i c k , ^eak and aged inenf was appall- i n g . nuts were in fested with verinln_ sanitary arraAgements were primilive and s ince the camp v/us s ituated noar a drainage swaiiip, riiosquitoes were ubiquitous t Food was generally inadequate and some- times grossly i n s u f f i c i e n t # Between November, 1942 and August , lS4 iPt thorc were 2 , 4 3 0 admissions to hospitals There wer-e 6 0 deaths due to d i s e a s e # Sick men wore forcec. to go 011 working p a r t i e s f where the work w“s heavy . I 御 were frequently beat en • A complcdnt to the conii^ndunt rcg^rd in^ the reduct ion of food resulted i n the v/itness and unother o f f i c e r b e i n “ beaten • He quests to the japaneso to supply d n % s and f o r improved d iet wore ignored . Deaths were sometimes shovcion death cert i f i cates as due. to starvations The 0 1 s r e p l y was th“t i f the witness continued to shew death as due to starvat ion ,he v/oulci shew the prisoners v/hat deLLth frcm stuurvat ion r e a l l y mecutit • b ) prosecution docur腿t numbered タ 地 " " t h e A f f idavit of I-Vjor ；[• Mi-CRaL；! i s produced f o r i d e n t i f i c a t i o n , and the narked excerpts therein now offered in e v i d e n c e . The documont states that in Kcvcmbci； I S42 1 the witness arrived, in Hainan with a draft of men . Kc ccnl'irius the conditions described i n the, preceding document No#5335* The men wore ^n^aged on building works for thu use of the j,,panose ^riny | and were beat on and kicked w h i l e so d o i n g . Miny men went to work barefoot f cwin^ to lack of footwear 0 in Haisho there were raany coolics w o r k i n g They were starved uid eLiaciated in apucarance # The witness saw the dead bodies of cool ics d r a p e d out of the h o s p i t a l , hen he passed by ; sometimes as niany as ten to twelve • For broaches of d i s c i p l i n e , coolies were brought to the p/v.f C^Tflp where they were f logged and g iven the でatcr torture* III J u l y , 1 9 4 3 , about 120 Chinese were bayonet ted to death outside the Carnp% ;jvic.ontiaiy . が u u n t だ 5 4 5 7 B^g し 2 c ) prosecution Docinnont nurabered 5 ^ 5 0 • the A f f idav it of a * F , ^ U B O R f i s now introduced for i d e n t i f i c a t i o n , the marked excerpts thereof bcin^ offered in evidence • ^hc document states th^t about 120 Chinese were b^yonettcd to decith i n 1543 • becausc narcotics h“d been ille^c.lly brought into a coolie cainp aixd these men chosen at random were executed as a warning for the future» d ) prose cut icn uccument numbered 5 2 ^ 1 ? the A f f idav it of H'KJOH R . G TOKl^H， i s produced for i d e n t i f i c a t i o n , th^ marked excerpt3 tiioioof bein^, introdaccd in 6v?dencG, -T-his ふi.iidavit じ:dibits 29 o i f Lcial photo^rw,phs teken by un A l l i e d o f f icer of prisoners of war reccvored at Hainan island in Au^iAst, lcy45« Tl^se exh ib its arc now tendered in evidence• evidentiary Docuniont # 3 3 3 5 • The intornational 1:1lit cry Tribunal for tLe par jaijt • TI^E IFITED SIXTHS OF . J H C ム 』 D OTKERS, I ! " 务〔1, ； ILLI“ 7 “ ITKEN V i c t o r i a , j ^ d i c u l 8th D ivis ion ム J で 1 . エ bし 2 . エii October 1942 the Japanese ordered t:iしt u draft of 15 o f f icers and 248 Lien vras to be m d e up from the Australians at for despatch i tc an uiilcncT.n destination and that this draft uas to include a l l s ick , j week debil itated and a^cd 1x11 as the drci't v:as to a rest canp or I hospital • dTiSt was prepejred and shipped frcra .U.30K i:ith 2^0-360 i Dutch towards the end ci' October 1942 • It arrived at H^HLJNF on 5 l-ovenber j 1 9 4 2 - I 3# The uccoLiUDdation v/as very bad consisting cf coolic barracko buil ； i n a ver： priLiitive style xaainly f r c n odd scraps of t iuber and i r o n . ム : p latroriu 12 feet r ide ran tl.e f u l l length cf the hut on each side ；;itli a j 6 foot passa^;ewa3r between the tv;c platforus v/liicL v;ere raised up 2 feet 1 f r c n the ^jroaiid the space underneath beinG； open on c.11 s i d e s • There was no ccverin“ over the bare earth, ^hc uen slept on sleeping uats on those pl&tfcruc and u n t i l the end of 19^2 sick and f i t nen had to exist in the ； s a n e liut. , They hしd 17 to 18 square feet cc.cli and uero consequer.tly very ovorcrov/ded. ; kfter Deconber 194 2 otlicr torracks cf the Sciiニe type were provided as a hosp ita l and this re l ieved the congestion , Tho roofs of the Lute looked Ixiily ^nd the wal ls allowed the wind arid tlic r a i n to ； e n t e r but no materials rere over provided for repairs • The v/holc place j Tras infested uitl. bed buしs, cocla?oacheGf r a t s , n i c e , bcdylice , f l e a s , j f l i c s and ants and those veruin xvhich c k in cyclos durinし the yoix cculd not be controlled under existing conditions , j 4* s^ntiGry f a c i l i t i e s , cxTdino^o and hygiene arran^cnents v7Gre I either ent ire ly absent or very prii.iitive throa^liout the canp and surrour-dinム d i s t r i c t . “ 1 1 Ccaup drainage ran into a lo\: lyiiiL patch of しround outside the canp and cta^natod untreated v/ithin 100 yards of the kitchon, 1:0 precautions ；：ere ever taken by the Japanese against fly- breeding® The whole d istrict s iuply sr/.Tiioci vith f l i e s uid tlae ritn v/crked and ato i n f i l t h y surroundings • ccrp uas situated ^ Liile iron a y J 1 , S - X u O OTHETiS, ふF F I U ェ ふ of Ciiil^rens H o s p i t a l , Kelbcuriic, i n the stcitc of rrpetitioner fori..erly VX31470 Captain ？" i J T m T , of attached 2 / 2 1 s t Battalion ixJce oath and say；- a prisoner of the Japanese a t / 2 0 S 0 r ISLJTD^in February l y i d c n t i L x y Docui.ient # 5 3 3 5 * 2. larぃe： srci..p used part ly as a p^ddy f i e l d unci i n t o t h i s ran tLe drainage f r c u coolie barracks . T h i s area was on i d e a l breodiii^ ground for r.]Dsquitccs r/hicii were very coixicn m d u h i c h acccuiitod p a r t l y f o r tlie L i d : incidcnce of m l a r i a t Food consisted rxiinly of r i c e caid at the cci.a..cncer.:cnt of our incarcerat ion at v;as s u f f i c i e n t i n b u l k , other f o o d s t u f f s vorc inadequate in qucaitity and q u a l i t y y c ^ o t u b l c s v;erc very saxcc9 " c rcccivcd neしt and f i s h r a r e l y and • lion these ；;ere del ivered tlicy arrived i n a shocking c o n d i t i o n , m the heat of su iter cuppl ies cf rottci：fisli or 1:ムat for tlircc duys forward v;cro de l ivered v/itii iiothii^ to kcei： i t . Later quantity of r i c e f e l l to 3 0 0 しrains, to 2 0 0 {jrons p e r rxii: pしr dc.y. 0二 one day only 1 6 7 j r a n s of r i c c per nn r a r e rcccivcd end iic other food。 T h i s state of affairs、Gosrtiimcd u n t i l 1 0 May 1945 v;hcr. the rat icnc s louly improved• Tlicrc \:as :.o reason for feed shortage as there uas . .luays a p l e n t i f u l supply cf l i v e beasts in the ctcq cf I L . H ^ T in r;hich vc \:crc • 6 . T.*c had brought 13 ixittrcsscs ,4 p a l l i a c c s and 2 0 p i l l c w s u i t h u s froii iJ'BCN. No i s s u e s v/crc m d c Laid r;itl： these \7C had to carry on a hospita l with an uvoracc cf 60-80 patioi .ts . “ 1 1 other Larticlcs of h o c p i t a l cquipi.ioiit liしd to be iijproviscd as i.onc v/crc i s s u e d • Ci: tlic contrary f r c n t iuc tc t i n e the j aps r a i d e d the h o s p i t a l and rcnovod f .quipucnt. m t h i s uuy after the end cf the f i r s t year nicroGCcpo was j by the ja-^s. ！ 1 . Bctv;cci: Novcnbcr 19i|2 and ^u^uct 1945 there ycrc a p p r o x i m t e l y j 2 4 3 ° ^cb-iissions to liocpit-1 and 6c deaths due to d i s e a s e . The causcs of i cleatlx Trcrc bcri beri 2 0 , dysox^tcry 1 4 , s tarvat ion and lx . lnutrition 1 8 , rxiloria 2 , other d i s e a s e s 6 # 8 . prcxi L j x l y in Novcnbcr 1942 the japs ccixicncod scndi ; . 0 r.icn out on TOrlcir•し part ies^ The uork was heavy and the rjDn were brutal ly t r e a t e d , I f there xicro not s u f f i c i e n t f i t rx-n available； tho japs insisted, on s ick nen bein^ sent out f r o n h o s p i t a l to work. The T;ork p a r t i e s consisted partly of a t a x i c and ocdcr^tcus Lion scarcely a b l e to stacker to uork at i/hicL they r:orc k ickcd aiid f l o w e d , j^cli niしlrt sav: several eases bcii.^ corricd or helped hoiie 9 The japai;csc o f f i c e r s k:;cw cf t h i s state cf a f f a i r s but those that v i s i t e d tlic h o s p i t a l fcund the p l i g h t of the sick ncn a subjcct of aiaisci;.cnt • iycn when the s ick were net required on ucrl: p a r t i e s tlic convalescent and liしlit s i c k were token f o r s p c c i a l jobs en v;i:ich tlicy \*crc f l o w e d ui:d k i c k e d in the sudo ：丄uir‘cr • % On one occasion captain H I S E I T , the quurtcrLiastcr and エ handed in at the Guard House a wr itten complaint as tc reduction of f o o d , i t i s 卜7Cis addressed to ^jron Ccuxindarxt • Tlic Canp Corxiandant brought us out , bolted us T/ith liis f i s t s and sLovcd the cor^ la int Coxm C-ptain I/ISKH^T's I s h i r t • Evidenticiry D^curaont 3. limiy requests v/ere uade to the Japanese i ^ d i c a l o f f icer to v i s i t tlie caiq) tc supply dru^s and iしprove the diet • Tho increasing sick rate and nuiibor of deatlis T?ere pointed out to hin # Deaths were slicim on death c e r t i f i c a t e s as bein^ due to stoi'vation. H is only reply vras thc.t i f v;o continued tc slicnv death on c e r t i f i c a t e s as due to starvation he would shew us uhat death from starvation r e a l l y • 10 • j M s a f f i d a v i t only refers DutcL. ucre under their own separate soi:orr.tcly,； to a Australian prisoners of v;ar ccixiaiid and v;ore h o s p i t i l i z e d こs S^OTI： at MEL30URKE in the st こte of v ictor ia tl.is the 27th day of Septoubcr 1 9 4 6 . ) ( S i L n e d ) W . ..TTKHU Before ( S igned ) J" • ？ • Evidentiary Document # タ 地 " • The international え1;しry Tribunal for the yo.r ニas.io THE UFJTIID STATES C ̂ AIUKIOA OTHERS r S:iDaO LW or£7PS, ^ F F _ I D A V V T， ！エ，ian F^TQ.^ar I Victoria foruer.' Iriiperic.1 Forcaa of ii}. lyrnicnc G^ovor Hawthorn in the state of .y て！^丄マ•ラ“7 I/^JOT I / F e of 2/21 }3attc.lion, Australian ral^e catii and say 广 lo I was captujred a t / ^ o o r ^ on 2i.'.d February 3 . 9 i ; 2 T o g e t h e r v:±ii 2o2 other Australian prisoners and about 300 ;)iitch pnsoi>?rs I was shipped from ブjr.bon to Hainan on 2.5.fch 0-tober 1942 Cn the instructions of the Japanese a l l the sicir and v;oak rxn f r o n ;jnbon vere includod in the draft and formed the ^reat najoricy of i t， "je arrived at E^inan on 5"tii Noveuber ' 1 9 4 2 - 2 . liie prison conpouncl ？;as al:o*it ten acros r/ith a loi; barbed fence • a r o u n d ^ h e huts レore eoo丄ie br.,^-iclzs of a primitivs suylo made of a l l scraps of timber and iron。 j^en 3丄jpu 011 the f loor on old crass m t c - ! tuo aen to throe nauso The area for sleeping , 263 o f f icers and. Lien, was I i|6o8 square feet or 18 square feet por iBiie This included a l l s ick , no separate Gccomcdaticn was provided fcr thora,, Roofs and v/alls xvere not weather proofd Mo materials uere providoc]. for repairs and the huts were infested with bu^s : cockroaches3 . r a t s , l i c e； f l e a s and ants 0 sanitary 十 arranbeneiits and hyし.iene v;ere entirely absent cr very prir;iitive0 TLere uere no f ly precautions.》 The Japanese x:ere ouite indifferent to the whole state of a f f a i r s ard no assistar.ee v;as £jiven despite repeated requests® ICen ate and uorrked in f i l t h y sur:. cundin^s inhabited by natives and iriported coolies。 The cしLip was a quarter of '“ laile f ron un old suanp, Tl-is nade m l a r i a very prevalent <, 3 . On leLvini： Anbon had been told to take a l l our sick as we were し o i n ^ to a rest cai;:p3 m spi-fco of th i s , the r.ien wore ccnpellecl to ccmence road v;ork0 subsequently they vrere； e n ^ ^ e d on building a .railFay enbank- incnt? excavating arAti-aircraft じun enplarouentc and putirinこ the (june in position and unloading a m u n i t i o n and supplies f r o n ships c Hours of work were fron 9 £^1.1。to 8" p with an hour off during the day . At f i rst there vas a rest day once a week but later only cne rest day every f i v e to seven weeks© The' work でas carried out under very trying conditions - the clinate was very hot and cnervatiiio during the L r c a t e r port cf the y e a r . The Lien T7cre kept at hard work, driv^n oy Japanese o f f i c e r s , ITeCoOs^and nen by k icks , by bio,.了s frc-i r i f l e butts c,nd ty で.1gじ,jincs with shovels , V piok handles , iron bars and sticks of t;ooclc Tl^ec nen had l inbs fractured Evidentiary Dccuuent ff 526/u'i. 2 . , j in t h i s uay and a larしe nunber of others had to receive nedical attention^ ；To keep up the nunbers the japarxese compelled sick nen to nork , j Oi^ly one issue of boots and clothing was Liade up to the t i n e of the Japanese surrender• Even t h i s issue contained only a few p a i r s of boots and there tras not enough clothing to co round • iJTter twelve ncnths men て:ere compelled to uork barefooted , 5 . No cutuard m i l was perrJLtted by the Japanese and no advice re“ardine prisoners of war on Hainan ever reached Austral ia through any channel # During the three year period f on one occasion, Australian prisoners ： r e c e i v e d f r c n one to three letters g 110 other coo.uinicaticn froin r e l a t i v e s j T?as received • j • I 6« in Haisho there uere about one hundred barracks f i l l e d with Hone Kong and canton c o o l i e s . These coolies ；?ere wcrkinc at the iron mine and at ！ the port of Haisho• They r:ere starved and enmciated in appearance a V'hen- ；.ever I passed the build in-- that they used as a h o s p i t a l , 1 saw bodies of j dead coolies which had been dragged out f up to 10 or 12 bodies a day« For breaches of d i s c i p l i n e the Japanese would brin^jthe cool ies to 1 cur can^) uhere they would punish then by f loGgincs or by the water torture # I The latter consisted of f i l l i n g then up with water unt i l t h e i r s t o m c h s j were distended and then junipin^ 011 their stonachs» i j 7« On the evening of 17th July 19431 about 120 Chinese wore brought I to the catnp v/ith t h e i r anus t i e d behind their backs . Ifcey v/ere taken j outside the canp and bayonetted to death by the Japanese and buried near i the caLp# I sav: nex; graves after the incident and the oethod of death j was described by nuoerous Japanese # j 8 , proiu time to ticie ccnplaints about lack of food and c lothing , poor I accomniodation and b r u t a l i t y on T/crkin^ parties were addressed to y^rea Coinmndant and handed i n at Guard rood, for forwarding • The 脚 巫 CcLmandant refused to forward these ccnplaints and on one occasion struck captain 厶 i t k e n , the i ^ d i c a l o f f i c e r , and captain I i s k i n , the Q u a r t e r m s t e r for ' h a n d i n g in such a complaint as to food f o r the sicl-:. On another occasion j Lieutenant-Colonel l :apitz , the elderly Dutch connaander, addressed c coh- ' p l a i n t to Headcjuarters. For t h i s the 脚-5> Cormandant brutally boat h i n with j a stick in front of the troops # No proper v i s i t s of inspection by senior j o f f i c e r s yere nade after December 1942 1 j % At the coLmencenent of cur irpriscrment at Hainan f the d a i l y food [ r a t i o n consisted of 4 8 0 grains of r i c e da i ly f th is was later dropped to 3 5 0 Srons and f i n a l l y tc 200 ^raras, Sooe neat and vegetables were issued up to the end of 1 9 4 4 , but then these issues ceased, 1 0 • Despite the fact that the toun of Raisho was frequently bonbed during [ 1 9 4 4 and 19451 no attaint was nade to d ist inguish the coipound as a Evidentiary Docur.icnt # 5264A0 3 ン canp tc a ircraft 0 Ai:ti-aircraft じuns ai-d o fcher iiilitary targets were near to the caq : and the camp \;as well u i ^ h i n a target a r e a , Axi anti- aircraft raachine c 1 ^ ^as mountod inside the cor^cund 0 jji apparatus for locating a i r c r a f t was kept some cine s in the coirpound and scnet ines close outside i t , i J 11• in i^pril 1945 エ escaped bh a par^y of prisoners of uar and \ joined the Chinese ^jner i l i a c xvrltn whon ェ r e n a i n e i u n t i l the jap one ce j surrender 0 12o Deaths result.in^j from s "b.rirta.lity and neglect reduced the nuribers f r o n ^63 to 182 in tiirQe yooxs0 ( S i j n e d ) ェ ム 1 虹 脑 ， ^ 丽 at I./Blbcurne in the state ) of v ictor ia this the 3rd day of ) October 1 9 诚， Before mo, (Slcnod) ？ A Connissipner of the Supreue Court of Victoria for taking ; jffidavitso
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