| Item title: | Combined interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/10) 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 6/10 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-443 (Serial no. 594) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 13 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 15/9/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION |
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| Names: | JA148052, Superior Pte; JA147535, 1st Class Pte; JA148168, civilian labourer |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Australia |
| Content: | This is a combined Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for three prisoners of war. JA148052, attached to the 54th Line of Communication Hospital near Wewak, was captured at Sentain of 3 May 1944. JA147535 of the 113rd Line of Communication Hospital was captured at Hollandia on 28 April 1944. JA148168, an agricultural labourer, was a Formosan who was captured on 2 June 1944 1944. During the interrogation, the prisoners provided information on difficulties of evacuating casualties and transporting medical supplies. JA148168 spoke of anti-Japanese sentiment among the Formosan labourers, and of discriminatory treatment from Japanese soldiers. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:24 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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