Kenichi Sone

Kenichi Sone
曽根 健一
Captain Sone, 16 September 1946
Bornc. 1909
Yura, Wakayama, Japan
Died(1946-12-07)7 December 1946 (aged 36/37)
Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
Criminal statusExecuted
Conviction(s)War crimes
Criminal penaltyDeath

Kenichi Sone (Japanese: 曽根 健一, Hepburn: Sone Ken'ichi; c. 1909[1] – 7 December 1946), also rendered as Kenitji Sonei and variants, was an Imperial Japanese Army captain during the Pacific War. Following the Japanese conquest and occupation of the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia), he was the commander of the 10th Battalion prisoner of war camp from September 1942 to February 1944[2] and of the Tjideng civilian internment camp from April 1944 to June 1945.[3]

  1. ^ "Sonei trial" (PDF). boudewynvanoort.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. ^ "10e Bataljon". japansekrijgsgevangenkampen.nl (in Dutch). 13 December 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Tjideng". japansekrijgsgevangenkampen.nl (in Dutch). 3 May 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2023.