| Item title: | ARAKI Toshimi 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-121 (Serial no. 196) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 9 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 17/7/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | ARTILLERY SPOTTING, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION |
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| Japanese unit names: | Observation Communication Headquarters (Yamasaki Unit) Oigawa Maru |
| Names: | ARAKI Toshimi, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] D'Entrecasteaux Islands [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private ARAKI Toshimi of the Observation Communication Headquarters (Yamasaki Unit), who was captured in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands on 24 March 1943. ARAKI, a 27 year old Superior Private from Shizuoka, was captured by US patrol boat some days after the sinking of Oigawa Maru. During the interrogation, ARAKI provided brief information on his unit, in which his task was observer for artillery. |
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Other information | |
| Notes: | It is not possible to identify the number of Yamasaki Unit. |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:22 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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