Takuma Nishimura (西村 琢磨, Nishimura Takuma, 12 September 1889 – 11 June 1951) was a Japanese army general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. After the Japanese surrender, he was tried by Britain and later Australia for war crimes. He was executed in the then Australian territory of Papua and New Guinea. Nishimura was a native of Fukuoka prefecture.
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1 September 1899 Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
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Died |
11 June 1951 (aged 51) Manus Island, Papua and New Guinea
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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