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Item title: JA145597 interrogation report
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/5)
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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 6/5
Inst. series: AWM55
Inst. sub-series: AWM55 6/-
Item: IR-199 (Serial no. 298)
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 8 pages
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Interrogation report
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): 24/11/1943
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:CIVILIANS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, TRANSLATIONS, COLLABORATORS
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Names: JA145597, Chinese Civilian
Languages: English
Area:Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain]
Lae [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area]
Content: This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for a Chinese civilian JA145597, who was captured in Lae on 20 September 1943. JA145597, a 22 year old civilian from Rabaul, was accused of collaborating with the Japanese as an interpreter. He was brought up in Rabaul and moved to Lae. During the interrogation, JA145597 provided information on Japanese activities in relation to local people, Japanese interpreters, and Japanese attitudes towards local people. A list of names of those who were in contact with him prior to October 1941 is attached.
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