In 1942, aboriginals from Snake Bay captured Australia's first Japanese prisoner of war, Sergeant Hajime Toyoshima, who crash-landed on Melville Island after his plane was damaged while bombing Darwin.
It was in 1942 that the native people of Snake Bay took custody of Australia's initial Japanese POW, Sergeant Hajime Toyoshima, who made an emergency landing on Melville Island following damage to his aircraft while it was bombing Darwin.