Eikichi Kato
Eikichi Kato | |
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 Kato, along with other officers, surrender on North Bougainville | |
| Born | January 10, 1897 Empire of Japan |
| Died | August 1, 1946 (aged 49) Rabaul, Papua New Guinea |
| Allegiance |  Japanese Empire |
| Service/ |  Imperial Japanese Army |
| Rank |  Captain |
| Battles/wars | Second World War ○ Pacific War • Battle of Porton Plantation |
Captain Eikichi Kato (加藤 榮吉, Katō Eikichi) was a senior officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Kato was the senior officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy forces on the Bonis Peninsula and Buka Island during the latter stages of World War II.
Lieutenant Kawanishi Shotaro was appointed by Captain Kato as the envoy to meet Australian officers on 14 September 1945 off Soraken Peninsula, to discuss the surrender of the Imperial Japanese Navy forces on the Bonis Peninsula and Buka Island.[1] Kato was convicted of war crimes and was executed at Rabaul in 1946.[2]
Notes[]
- Citations
- ^ The humiliation of defeat, Steven Bullard
- ^ "Trial of Captain Eikichi Kato, Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume I, London, HMSO, 1949, pp. 37–38". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
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