| Item title: | JA145702 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/7) 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 6/7 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-294 (Serial no. 432) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 27 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 26/5/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, TRAINING, LEAFLET DROPPING |
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| Japanese unit names: | 80th Infantry Regt 3rd Bn Gun Pl |
| Names: | JA145702, Leading Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Korea Palau Island [Central Pacific, Caroline Islands] Fukuoka Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Kyûshû] Shimonoseki [Japan–Formosa, Honshû, Yamaguchi Prefecture] Sio–Bogadjim Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for rank JA145702 of the 80th Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion Gun Platoon, who was captured in Lembangando near Sio on 12 February 1944. JA145702, a 25 year old Leading Private from Fukuoka Prefecture, was suffering from malaria and separated from his unit during the retreat from Sattelberg. He was shown an Allied propaganda leaflet which urged surrender for more comfortable living. Subsequently, he decided to surrender to Australian troops. During the interrogation, JA145702 provided information on unit organisation, movement, Type 92 and Type 97 airplanes, and pilot training. He had not seen a progapaganda leaflet until a local person showed it to him. Even though he thought he would be killed by the Allies, he decided to give himself up as he was too sick to carry on. Sketch maps of Tachiarai Army Air Training School, Palau, Taikyu, Shimonoseki, Taiden and Pusan are attached. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:32 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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