The beheading of Leonard Siffleet

24th October 1943: Rare photographic records of the Japanese practice of beheading prisoners - as three men fall victim

This photograph of Japanese soldier Yasuno Chikao just before he struck Leonard Siffleet, was taken from the body of a Japanese casualty later in the war. Yasuno Chikao died before the end of the war. This image is well known, the accompanying image of the execution of one of Siffleet’s fellow soldiers less so.

Leonard Siffleet was an Australian Special…