| Item title: | JA130004 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-245 (Serial no. 367) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 6 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 22/2/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | VESSELS, WATER TRANSPORT, CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES |
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| Japanese unit names: | Hakkô Maru |
| Names: | JA130004, fireman on merchant tanker |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Saigon [French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia), (Vietnam)] Singapore [Malaya–British Borneo (Malaysia & Singapore)] Miri [Malaya–British Borneo (Malaysia & Singapore), British Borneo (Sarawak)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for merchant seaman JA130004 of Hakkô Maru, who was captured about 100 miles off Saigon on 5 January 1944. JA130004, a 19 year old Fireman from Niigata, was captured by an American submarine after the sinking of Hakkô Maru. The crew were on two lifeboats and one from each boat was picked by the submarine crew to be captured. To his annoyance, he was selected instead of the Captain. During the interrogation, JA130004 provided information on Hakkô Maru and its movement, other transport ships, ports in south-east Asia and their facilities. |
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| Notes: | The report states the date of capture as 5 January 1943. However, from the movement of Hakkô Maru, it is most certain that the date should be 5 January 1944. |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:13 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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