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Suga, Tatsuji

Date of birth:
September 22nd, 1885 (Hiroshima, Japan)
Date of death:
September 16th, 1945 (Borneo)
Nationality:
Japanese

Biography

Colonel Tatsuji Suga was the commander of all POW camps on Borneo. He committed suicide on 16 September 1945.

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1937 China Incident Medal

Sources

  • - Japanese Empire in the Tropics: Selected Documents and Reports of the Japanese Period in Sarawak, Northwest Borneo, 1941-1945 (1998)
    - Photograph recognition