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Item title: MATSUMOTO Shôjirô interrogation report
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/3)
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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 6/3
Inst. series: AWM55
Inst. sub-series: AWM55 6/-
Item: IR-93 (Serial no. 160)
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 10 pages
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Interrogation report
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): 14/6/1943
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:170th Infantry Regt 3rd Bn 10th Coy 3rd Pl
Names: MATSUMOTO Shôjirô, Superior Pte
Languages: English
Area:French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia)
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 Superior Private MATSUMOTO Shôjirô of the 170th Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion 10th Company 3rd Platoon, who was captured in Giruwa on 21 January 1943. MATSUMOTO, a 30 year old Superior Private from Hyogo, was wounded and suffering from malaria when he was captured by Allied troops. During the interrogation, MATSUMOTO provided information on unit organisation, and morale in Japan.
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