Item title: | JA148188 interrogation report |
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Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/9) 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 6/9 |
Inst. series: | AWM55 |
Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
Item: | IR-406 (Serial no. 556) |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | 8 pages |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
Creation date (d/m/y): | 3/9/1944 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, RADAR, TRAINING, MALARIA |
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Japanese unit names: | 90th Naval Guard Unit |
Names: | JA148188, Leading Seaman |
Languages: | English |
Area: | Kagawa Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Shikoku] Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Sarmi [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Rabaul [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] |
Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA148188 of the 90th Naval Guard Unit, who was captured at Demta (50 kms west of Hollandia) on 8 June 1944. JA148188, a 27 year old Leading Seaman (radar operator) from Kagawa Prefecture, was ill with malaria when he became separated from his unit during the retreat from Hollandia towards Sarmi. During the interrogation, JA148188 provided information on the organisation and strength of the 90th Naval Guard Unit, details of the Type 96 radar, radar training at Rabaul, method of operating Type 96 radar, his service experience, discipline, his attitude towards capture and extent of malaria infections. The appendix contains a sketch of a Type 96 radar with antenna. |
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Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:24 AM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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