| Item title: | JA147656 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/8) 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 6/8 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-355 (Serial no. 500) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 6 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 17/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, AIR RAIDS, CASUALTIES, INDUSTRY |
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| Japanese unit names: | 1st Shipping Repair Unit Oregon Maru |
| Names: | JA147656, civilian employee |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Kanagawa Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] Wewak–Madang Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] Manila [Philippines, Luzon] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147656, a civilian employee with the 1st Shipping Repair Unit, who was captured at Tanamerah, near Hollandia, on 4 May 1944. JA147656, a 41 year old mechanic from Kanagawa Prefecture, was captured by natives and handed over to US troops. During the interrogation, JA147656 provided information on losses inflicted by Allied bombing of Wewak, Madang and Kitajima between November 1943 and March 1944, losses when Oregon Maru was sunk off Manila on 12 December 1942, convoy movements between December 1941 and October 1943, and industrial expansion in Kanagawa Prefecture. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:58 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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