Congratulations to Narrelle Morris for the publication of ‘Japanese War Crimes in the Pacific: Australia’s Investigations and Prosecutions’

Congratulations to Narrelle Morris for the publication of Japanese War Crimes in the Pacific: Australia’s Investigations and Prosecutions (National Archives of Australia, 2019). This archival guide to Commonwealth records (principally the National Archives and the Australian War Memorial holdings) covers the investigations of Sir William Flood Webb, the United Nations War Crimes Commission, the Australian Army’s Directorate of Prisoners of War & Internees, post-war investigations, the War Crimes Act 1945 (Cth) and preparation for trials, the 300 Australian war crimes trials, the Australian War Criminals Compounds, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, and the repatriation, parole and release of convicted war criminals. Appendix B includes an alphabetical list of all  war criminals tried by Australia with details of their trial(s) and outcome(s). The guide is available in free e-book pdf at http://guides.naa.gov.au/jpn/index.aspx or online, which provides direct links to the NAA’s RecordSearch catalogue.