| Item title: | JA147508 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/9) 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 6/9 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-380 (Serial no. 528) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 11 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 14/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, AIR RAIDS, PRISONERS OF WAR, CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES |
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| Japanese unit names: | 27th Field Freight Depot Formosan Labour Unit 1st Coy |
| Names: | JA147508, civilian employee |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Wewak [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] Hansa Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147508, a civilian employee with the 27th Field Freight Depot, Formosan Labour Unit, 1st Company, who was wounded and captured when his landing craft was sunk by a US patrol boat at Nightingale Bay (between Hansa and Wewak) on 28 April 1944. During the interrogation, JA147508 provided information about the organisation of the Formosan Labour Unit, his entry into Army service, the location of Allied prisoners of war at Hansa Bay and an Allied air attack at Hansa Bay in January 1944. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:57 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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