Tatsuo Matsumura (admiral)

Tatsuo Matsumura

Tatsuo Matsumura (Japanese: 松村龍雄) (February 25, 1868 – July 18, 1932) was an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral. He was a graduate of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and Naval War College. He was from Hizen Province in what is now Saga Prefecture. He was a veteran of the Russo-Japanese War and World War I. In January 1914 he was caught up in the Siemens scandal. He was the first Commander of Interim Southern Islands Defense Unit (1914–1915).

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Preceded by None, area conquered from German New Guinea	Commanders of Interim Southern Islands Defense Unit 1914–1915	Succeeded by Kichitaro Togo

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