CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BY THE US MILITARY
IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA
DURING WWII

US Military personnel hanged during WWII for crimes committed were as follows:-

 

AUSTRALIA

Edward J. Leonski
Hanged on 9 November 1942 in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne

 

NEW GUINEA

James W. Peoples
Hanged on 2 September 1944 at Oro Bay, New Guinea

Arthur T. Brown
Hanged on 2 October 1944 at Oro Bay, New Guinea

Andrew Gibson
Hanged on 2 October 1944 at Oro Bay, New Guinea

Leroy E. Greene
Hanged on 2 October 1944 at Oro Bay, New Guinea

Charles A. Horne
Hanged on 2 October 1944 at Oro Bay, New Guinea

Eugene A. Washington, Jr.
Hanged on 2 October 1944 at Oro Bay, New Guinea

Lloyd L. White, Jr.
Hanged on 2 October 1944 at Oro Bay, New Guinea

Aveline Fernandez
Hanged on 15 November 1944 at Oro Bay, New Guinea

Samuel Hawthorne
Hanged on 29 January 1945 at Oro Bay, New Guinea

William T. Curry
Hanged on 20 April 1945 at Oro Bay, New Guinea

REFERENCES

A Rape of Justice - MacArthur and the New Guinea Hangings

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Nelson Lawry for his assistance with this web page.

Can anyone help me with more information?

"Australia @ War" WWII Research Products

This page first produced 28 February 2016

This page last updated 29 August 2021