| Item title: | ISHIZAKA Otoji 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-96 (Serial no. 166) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 4 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 17/6/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION |
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| Japanese unit names: | 115th Infantry Regt 3rd Bn 11th Coy 2nd Pl 2nd Sect Keifuku Maru |
| Names: | ISHIZAKA Otoji, Head Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Bismarck Archipelago [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] 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 Head Private ISHIZAKA Otoji of the 115th Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion 11th Company 2nd Platoon 2nd Section, who was captured on Goodenough Island on 7 March 1943. ISHIZAKA, a 28 year old Head Private from Gunma, was captured by the US Navy when he landed on the island after his boat, Keifuku Maru, was sunk. During the interrogation, ISHIZAKA provided information mainly on his unit's organisation. He was described as "stupid" by his interrogators. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:06 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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