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Item title: CHÔ Shôichi interrogation report
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/2)
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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-64 (Serial no. 114)
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 7 pages
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Interrogation report
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): 28/4/1943
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTERROGATION, INTELLIGENCE, SIGNALS
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:51st Div Signals Unit
Names: CHÔ Shoichi, Cpl
Languages: English
Area:Wau [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wau Area]
Lae [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area]
Content: This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Corporal CHÔ Shoichi of the 51st Division Signals Unit, who was captured in Wau on 12 February 1943. CHÔ, a 21 year old Corporal from Tochigi, was shot in the head when he went to the river for a drink and was captured by Allied troops. During the interrogation, CHÔ provided information on unit movements, communication equipment, and morale in Japan,
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