| Item title: | YANAGISAWA Takeo interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/3) 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 6/3 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-143 (Serial no. 225) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 4 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 13/8/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, COMMUNICATIONS, TELEPHONES |
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| Japanese unit names: | 115th Regt Communications Unit 1st Pl 2nd Sect Oigawa Maru |
| Names: | YANAGISAWA Takeo, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Goodenough Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private YANAGISAWA Takeo of the 115th Regiment Communications Unit 1st Platoon 2nd Section, who was captured on Goodenough Island on 20 July 1943. YANAGISAWA, a 24 year old 1st Class Private from Gunma, reached Goodenough Island with his companions after the sinking of Oigawa Maru. After all his companions had either died or been killed, he had lived with a local woman and several children for four months before was handed over to US troops. During the interrogation, YANAGISAWA provided brief information on unit organisation, telephone equipment, personnel duty allocation. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:00 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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