Masao Baba

Masao Baba
Lieutenant General Masao Baba (Centre) at Labuan airstrip to sign the surrender document at the 9th Division Headquarters (10 September 1945)
Born	(1892-01-07)7 January 1892 Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Died	7 August 1947(1947-08-07) (aged 55) Rabaul, Territory of New Guinea
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1909–1945
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	IJA 37th Army
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War World War II

Masao Baba (馬場 正郎, Baba Masao, 7 January 1892 – 7 August 1947) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding the Japanese ground forces of the Borneo Campaign of 1945 in the closing months of the war.