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Item title: ARAI Nobuo interrogation report
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/3)
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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Item type: Unpublished, Official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
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
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
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