Tatsuji Suga

Tatsuji Suga
Lieutenant Colonel Tatsuji Suga
BornSeptember 22, 1885
Hiroshima, Japan
DiedSeptember 16, 1945(1945-09-16) (aged 59)
Borneo
AllegianceEmpire of Japan
Service / branch Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service? -1945
RankLieutenant Colonel
CommandsPrison Camps
Battles / wars

Lieutenant-Colonel Tatsuji Suga (菅辰次, Suga Tatsuji) (22 September 1885 – 16 September 1945) of the Imperial Japanese Army was the commander of all prisoner-of-war (POW) and civilian internment camps in Borneo, during World War II. A war criminal, Suga died by suicide five days after being taken prisoner by Australian forces in September 1945.