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November 10
The Execution of Leonard Siffleet by Yasuno Chikao Yasuno Chikao commissioned the photo above, of himself executing Leonard (Len) Siffleet in Papua New Guinea. There were three men in Siffleet’s group, all executed by beheading after two weeks questioning at Aitape Beach, surrounded by Japanese and native onlookers. The photograph was found in the pocket of a dead Japanese soldier (not Chikao) a year later. Chikao himself was reported variously as having been killed in battle, captured and sentenced to hanging, and captured and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. From Wikipedia on their capture: “After Pattiwal rejoined Siffleet and Reharing, they attempted to make their way to the Dutch border. They were ambushed by a hundred native villagers near Aitape and, after a brief melée during which Siffleet shot and wounded one of their attackers, the group was captured and handed over to the Japanese. Interrogated and tortured, the team was confined for approximately two weeks before being taken down to Aitape Beach on the afternoon of 24 October 1943.”

The Execution of Leonard Siffleet by Yasuno Chikao

Yasuno Chikao commissioned the photo above, of himself executing Leonard (Len) Siffleet in Papua New Guinea. There were three men in Siffleet’s group, all executed by beheading after two weeks questioning at Aitape Beach, surrounded by Japanese and native onlookers. The photograph was found in the pocket of a dead Japanese soldier (not Chikao) a year later.

Chikao himself was reported variously as having been killed in battle, captured and sentenced to hanging, and captured and sentenced to ten years imprisonment.

From Wikipedia on their capture:

“After Pattiwal rejoined Siffleet and Reharing, they attempted to make their way to the Dutch border. They were ambushed by a hundred native villagers near Aitape and, after a brief melée during which Siffleet shot and wounded one of their attackers, the group was captured and handed over to the Japanese. Interrogated and tortured, the team was confined for approximately two weeks before being taken down to Aitape Beach on the afternoon of 24 October 1943.”