| Item title: | AOKI Yoshio interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/2) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS interrogation reports |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 6/2 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-57 (Serial no. 99) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 25 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 17/4/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | ARTILLERY, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTERROGATION, INTELLIGENCE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 50th Independent Artillery Bn 1st Coy 1st Sect Teiyô Maru |
| Names: | AOKI Yoshio, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Bismarck Archipelago [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private AOKI Yoshio of the 50th Independent Artillery Battalion 1st Company 1st Section, who was captured on an island off New Guinea on 6 March 1943. AOKI, a 22 year old Superior Private from Ibaraki, was captured by the US Navy after he and his colleagues attempted to land after drifting in a rescue boat. His original boat, Teiyo Maru, was sunk on 3 March. During the initial interrogation, AOKI provided a false name and address as he did not want his family to know that he was captured. He provided information on the unit organisation, artillery weapons, supplies in Rabaul, and morale in Japan. The report includes a glossary, several photographs of measuring instruments for artillery, and a map of Rabaul. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:38 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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