| Item title: | JA147573 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-402 (Serial no. 552) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 14 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 28/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | AERIAL OPERATIONS, ANTI-AIRCRAFT, MILITARY TRAINING, PRISONERS OF WAR, DEFENCES, AIR RAIDS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION |
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| Japanese unit names: | 61th Independent Field Anti-aircraft Bn E77 Force E1991 Force |
| Names: | JA147573, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Tokyo [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] Aitape [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] Wewak [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147573, a 1st Class Private with the 61st Independent Field Anti-aircraft Battalion, who became separated from his unit while suffering from malaria and was captured by US troops near Aitape on 4 May 1944. During the interrogation, JA147573 provided information on the organisation of various anti-aircraft units (including: 61st Independent Field Anti-aircraft Battalion, E77 Force, E1991 Force, anti-aircraft regiments in Tokyo), anti-aircraft training routines, American prisoners of war in Wewak on 15 September 1943, and Allied air raids on Wewak between February and March 1944. The appendix contains organisational charts for the 61st Independent Field Anti-aircraft Battalion, E77 Force and E1991 Force |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:04:18 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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