William F. Webb

Sir William Flood Webb , KBE, (born January 21, 1887 in Brisbane ( Queensland ), † August 11, 1972 ibid), Australian , was a lawyer and judge at the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia . He graduated from the University of Queensland . Among other things, he was presiding judge (President) of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East after the end of the Second World War from 1946 until the verdict was pronounced in 1948 . He married Beatrice Agnew on March 17, 1917.

Career stations

Admitted to the Bar June 4, 1913 ( Queensland Bar )
1915 Attorney for Queensland (Public Defender) and Solicitor General, 1917-1922, Attorney General (Solicitor-General of Queensland) 1922-1925.
Judge at the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (1922–1927)
President of the Queensland Court of Arbitration (1925–1945)
Supreme Court ( Supreme Court of Queensland ), puisne judge, senior puisne judge, chief - Chief Judge of 24 April 1925 to 15 May 1946
then at the High Court of Australia ( Constitutional Court of Australia) until May 16, 1958.

From 1943 to 1945 he investigated war crimes against Australians in captivity (the three Webb reports) on behalf of the government.

Webb as President of the "International Military Tribunal for the Far East" 1946, Tokyo

In 1954 Webb was named Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire and thus ennobled.
In 1967 he received an honorary doctorate (of Laws) from the University of Queensland .
In Canberra , a street named after him is called William Webb Drive ( Belconnen ).

personal data
SURNAME	Webb, William F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Webb, William Flood; Webb, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian judge, including chairman of the Tokyo trials
DATE OF BIRTH	January 21, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brisbane ( Queensland )
DATE OF DEATH	August 11, 1972
Place of death	Brisbane