Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP0211174]Researchers: Prof Timothy McCormack (Chief Investigator)
Brief description Australia's Post World War II War Crimes Trials of Japanese Defendants. Contemporary war crimes trials regularly refer to historical precedent - particularly post-WWII war crimes trials. One virtually unknown group of trials were those conducted by Australian Military Tribunals - the primary sources for which are readily available (Australian War Memorial and National Archives) but under-studied. Australian Tribunals sat in judgment over 814 Japanese Defendants in 296 separate trials and yet there has never been a systematic study of this chapter of Australian Legal and Military History. This project is intended to provide the first study of the trials and will also "unlock" the under-utilised but vast documentary resource for future researchers.
Funding Amount $67,635
Funding Scheme Linkage Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP0211174
- ARC : LP0211174