| 词条 | Michiaki Kamada |
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|name=Michiaki Kamada |birth_date=January 15, 1890 |death_date= {{Death date and age|1947|10|18|1890|01|15}}[1] |birth_place=Ehime Prefecture, Japan |death_place=Pontianak, Dutch East Indies |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|Empire of Japan}} |branch={{Navy|Empire of Japan}} |serviceyears= 1911-1945 |rank= Vice Admiral |commands=22nd Naval Special Base Force |unit= |battles=World War II: New Guinea Campaign Borneo Campaign |awards= |laterwork= }}{{Japanese name|Kamada}}{{nihongo|Michiaki Kamada|鎌田 道章|Kamada Michiaki|extra=15 January 1890 – 18 October 1947}} (surname often written as Kamata) was a vice-admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy and saw service in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. BiographyKamada was a native of Ehime prefecture in Shikoku island, Japan. He graduated from the 39th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1911, ranked 95th out of a class of 148. His classmates included future admirals Takeo Takagi, Chuichi Hara, Shigeyoshi Miwa, and Sadamichi Kajioka. He served his midshipman duty on the cruisers {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Aso||2}} and {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Iwate||2}}, and as a sub-lieutenant on the battleship {{Ship|Japanese battleship|Shikishima||2}}, cruiser {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Izumo||2}}, battlecruiser {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Tsukuba||2}} and destroyer {{Ship|Japanese destroyer|Katsura|1915|2}}. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1918, serving first on the battleship {{Ship|Japanese battleship|Mutsu||2}} before being assigned to the survey ships Musashi and Yamato. He became chief gunnery officer on the battleship {{Ship|Japanese battleship|Ise||2}} in February 1924. After his promotion to lieutenant commander in December 1924, he served on the cruisers {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Kiso||2}} and {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Abukuma||2}} before receiving his first command — the destroyer {{Ship|Japanese destroyer|Hozu||2}} — on 30 November 1929.[2] After his promotion to commander in December 1930, Kamada served as executive officer on the battleship {{Ship|Japanese battleship|Hiei||2}} from November 1934. He was promoted to captain in November 1935, and became captain of the cruiser {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Tenryu||2}}. He subsequently commanded the cruisers Izumo, {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Kako||2}}, {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Ashigara||2}} and {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Yubari||2}}. Appointed to the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff from October 1940, he was stationed on Japanese-occupied Hainan island. Kamada was promoted to rear admiral on 15 October 1941. He served on the staff and commanded forces of the Japanese 8th Fleet in New Guinea from October 1942-December 1943. On 23 August 1944, Kamada took command of Japanese naval forces, designated the 22nd Naval Special Base Force, based in Balikpapan, Borneo, making him the military governor of Dutch Borneo. Kamada's forces were subsequently involved in the Borneo Campaign of 1945. He was promoted to vice admiral on 1 May 1945. Surrender and executionKamada surrendered his forces to Australian Major General Edward James Milford aboard {{HMAS|Burdekin|K376|6}} on 8 September 1945. After the surrender of Japan, a Dutch military court in Pontianak convicted him of war crimes for the executions of 1,500 west Borneo natives in 1944 and the ill treatment of 2,000 Dutch POWs held on Flores Island. Kamada was sentenced to death and was executed on 18 October 1947. References
Notes1. ^Nishida, Hiroshi, Imperial Japanese Navy {{IJN}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamada, Michiaki}}2. ^Nishidah, Imperial Japanese Navy 11 : 1890 births|1947 deaths|Military personnel from Ehime Prefecture|Japanese admirals of World War II|Imperial Japanese Navy admirals|Japanese people convicted of war crimes|Executed Japanese people|Executed military leaders|Japanese people executed abroad|People executed by the Netherlands by hanging|People executed for war crimes |
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