| Item title: | NAGAOKA Taichi interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/3) 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 6/3 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-82 (Serial no. 137) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 5 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 22/5/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, TRUCKS, ROAD TRANSPORT |
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| Japanese unit names: | 51st Div Headquarters Transport Unit Oigawa Maru |
| Names: | NAGAOKA Taichi, Sgt |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Goodenough Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Sergeant NAGAOKA Taichi of the 51st Division Headquarters Transport Unit, who was captured on Goodenough Island on 11 March 1943. NAGAOKA, a 26 year old Sergeant from Tochigi, drifted on a lifeboat with six others for about six days after his ship, Oigawa Maru, was sunk on 3 March 1943. He was captured by Australian troops when his lifeboat reached the island. During the interrogation, NAGAOKA provided information on his unit, unit movements, names of equipment and morale in Japan. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:18 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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