| Item title: | INAGAKI Ri'ichi interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/2) 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 6/2 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-54 (Serial no. 95 ) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 12 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 14/4/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, INTERROGATION, INTELLIGENCE, CONSTRUCTION, OFFICER TRAINING, MORALE, PRISONERS OF WAR, FOOD SUPPLY |
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| Japanese unit names: | 15th Naval Construction Bn |
| Names: | INAGAKI Riichi, Naval Paymaster Lt |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Korea Formosa (Taiwan) [Japan–Formosa] Buna Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] Giruwa [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Naval Paymaster Lieutenant INAGAKI Riichi of the 15th Naval Construction Battalion, who was captured in Giruwa on 21 January 1943. INAGAKI, a 27 year old Naval Lt from Nagoya, was suffering from malaria when he surrendered to Australian troops. His battalion consisted of civilian military employees, including Koreans and Formosans. INAGAKI was a Tokyo University graduate who had good working knowledge of English. He joined the Navy and received training to be a paymater and had spent less than three months at sea when he was captured. During the interrogation, INAGAKI provided extensive information on unit movement, the construction battalion, naval officer training, morale in Japan, perception in Japan towards a Japanese priosoner of war, and cannibalism. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:04:42 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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