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Item title: JA145588 interrogation report
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/5)
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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 6/5
Inst. series: AWM55
Inst. sub-series: AWM55 6/-
Item: IR-234 (Serial no. 356)
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 14 pages
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Interrogation report
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): 13/2/1944
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:FACILITIES AND INSTALLATIONS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MORALE
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:238th Infantry Regt 3rd Bn 11th Coy 2nd Pl 2nd Sect
Names: JA145588, Superior Pte
Languages: English
Area:Wewak–Madang Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea]
Huon Peninsula [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea]
Japan–Formosa
Lae [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area]
Content: This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private JA145588 of the 238th Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion 11th Company 2nd Platoon 2nd Section, who was captured near Lae on 18 September 1943. JA145588, a 24 year old Superior Private from Gunma, was wounded and resting in a local hut when he was captured by Australian troops. He was a rifleman. During the interrogation, JA145588 provided information on his unit organisation, movements, defences at Wewak, and morale and socio-economic conditions in Japan.
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