| Item title: | JA145560 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/5) 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 6/5 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-211 (Serial no. 317) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 11 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 21/12/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | GRENADE LAUNCHERS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION |
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| Japanese unit names: | 102nd Infantry Regt HQ 3rd Bn 12th Coy 2nd Pl 4th Sect |
| Names: | JA145560, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Japan–Formosa Nassau Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Mubo–Salamaua Area] Mubo–Salamaua Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private JA145560 of the 102nd Infantry Regiment Regimental Headquarters 3rd Battalion 12th Company 2nd Platoon 4th Section, who was captured in Nassau Bay on 15 November 1943. JA145560, a 26 year old 1st Class Private from Ibaraki, was captured by Australian troops after hiding in the jungle for over a month when he and his companion were cut off from the rest of the unit during a retreat. He was in a grenade thrower section. During the interrogation, JA145560 provided information on his unit organisation, movements, morale, and grenade throwers. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:53 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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