| Item title: | ARAI Nobuo 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-126 (Serial no. 202) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 8 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 21/7/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION |
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| Japanese unit names: | 115th Infantry Regt 2nd Bn 6th Coy Oigawa Maru |
| Names: | ARAI Nobuo, Sgt Maj |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Trobriand (Kiriwina) Islands [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands] Japan–Formosa |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Sergeant Major ARAI Nobuo of the 115th Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion 6th Company, who was captured in the Trobriand Islands on 13 March 1943. ARAI, a 25 year old Sergeant Major from Gunma, was captured by Australian troops after he and his companions landed on an island after the sinking of Oigawa Maru. During the interrogation, ARAI provided information on military training and discipline and conditions in Japan. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:07:14 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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