| Item title: | JA147782 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-381 (Serial no. 529) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 7 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| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |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: | AIR RAIDS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | 8th Naval Development Unit |
| Names: | JA147782, civilian employee |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Wewak [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Japan–Formosa |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147782, a civilian employee of the 8th Naval Development Unit, who was handed over to US troops by natives on 3 May 1944, presumably at Hollandia. During the interrogation, JA147782 provided information on Allied prisoners of war in Japan and the damage caused by the Doolittle Raids and air raids on Wewak between 18 and 28 August 1943. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:10 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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