| Item title: | JA145686 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/6) 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 6/6 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-264 (Serial no. 393) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 9 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 30/3/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, FOOD SUPPLY, BOMBARDMENT |
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| Japanese unit names: | 33rd Independent Engineer Regt 1st Coy |
| Names: | JA145686, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Huon Peninsula [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] Sio [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Fortification Point–Sio Area] Hansa Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private JA145686 of the 33rd Independent Engineer Regiment 1st Company , who was captured near Sio on 20 January 1944. JA145686, a 25 year old Superior Private from Aichi, was ill with malaria and lagging behind his unit when he was captured by Australian troops. During the interrogation, JA145686 provided information on unit organisation, movements, Allied attacks in the Sio area and location of a large food dump in Hansa Bay. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:20 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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