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Australian War Memorial (AWM) catalog number 101099

Sourced from: http://www.awm.gov.au/database/collection.asp

Date made: 24 October 1943 Physical description: Black & white Summary: Aitape, New Guinea. 24 October 1943. A photograph found on the body of a dead Japanese soldier showing NX143314 Sergeant (Sgt) Leonard G. Siffleet of "M" Special Unit, wearing a blindfold and with his arms tied, about to be beheaded with a sword by Yasuno Chikao. The execution was ordered by Vice Admiral Kamada, the commander of the Japanese Naval Forces at Aitape. Sgt Siffleet was captured with Private (Pte) Pattiwahl and Pte Reharin, Ambonese members of the Netherlands East Indies Forces, whilst engaged in reconnaissance behind the Japanese lines. Yasuno Chikao died before the end of the war. Copyright: clear

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The copyright has expired on this image. The AWM, however, requires that the AWM watermark is not removed and that permission be sought for commercial use. Higher resolution versions of this image may be ordered through the AWM Website at www.awm.gov.au The photo was taken during the Second World War.

The AWM allows the use of images from its online database whose copyright has expired for non-commercial purposes only on the condition that the AWM's watermark is not removed. Higher resolution images may be ordered through the AWM (Source: email from the AWM to Nick Dowling 6 January 2006).

	This image was created in Australia and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired. According to the Australian Copyright Council (ACC), ACC Information Sheet G23 (Duration of copyright) (Sep 2005), generally copyright has expired as follows:
Type of material Copyright has expired if ...  A  Photographs or other works published anonymously, under a pseudonym or the creator is unknown: taken or published prior to 1955- 01-01  B  Photographs (except A): taken prior to 1955- 01-01  C  Artistic works (except A & B): the creator died before 1955- 01-01  D  Published editions1 (except A & B): first published more than 25 years ago  E  Commonwealth or State government owned2 photographs: first published more than 50 years ago
1means the typographical arrangement and layout of a published work. eg. newsprint. 2owned means where a government is the copyright owner as well as would have owned copyright but reached some other agreement with the creator.

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• (del) (cur) 13:16, 25 February 2006 . . Krait ( Talk | contribs) . . 300×421 (51,001 bytes) (== Summary == Australian War Memorial (AWM) catalog number 101099 '''Sourced from:''' http://www.awm.gov.au/database/collection.asp '''Date made:''' 24 October 1943 Physical description: Black & white '''Summary:''' Aitape, New Guinea. 24 Octo)

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