| Item title: | YOKOTA Shigeki interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/4) 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 6/4 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-172 (Serial no. 268) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 31 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 5/10/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, WARSHIPS, MARINES |
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| Japanese unit names: | 5th Sasebo Special Naval Landing Party Kaga Maru |
| Names: | YOKOTA Shigeki, 3rd Class Seaman |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Goodenough Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands] Japan–Formosa Truk Island [Central Pacific, Caroline Islands] Palau Island [Central Pacific, Caroline Islands] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 3rd Class Seaman YOKOTA Shigeki of the 5th Sasebo Special Naval Landing Party, who was captured on Goodenough Island on 7 July 1943. YOKOTA, a 23 year old 3rd Class Seaman from Kôchi, was captured by local people. He lived with local people from October 1942 until capture, as he and his companions hid in the jungle after the Allied landing in Mud Bay. His companions died of malaria in November 1942. During the interrogation, YOKOTA provided information on his unit organisation, unit movement, ships and aeroplanes, training of Special Naval Landing Party and morale. Sketches of gun armaments on Kaga Maru, maps of Truk Atoll and Palau are attached. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:04:04 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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