| Item title: | JA145735 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-347 (Serial no. 491) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 2 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 16/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, VESSELS, PRISONERS OF WAR, MORALE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 79th Infantry Regt 2nd Coy Mayasan Maru Yamato Maru |
| Names: | JA145735, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Tapen [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Sio–Bogadjim Area] Palau Island [Central Pacific, Caroline Islands] Koror [Central Pacific, Caroline Islands, Palau Island] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA145735 of the 79th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Company, who was captured at Tapen on 9 March 1944. JA145735, a 1st Class Private, was captured by natives and turned over to Australian troops. During the interrogation, JA145735 provided information on various Japanese naval vessels including Mayasan Maru and Yamato Maru, an exchange of Japanese and Russian prisoners of war, low morale due to lack of air support and Japanese facilities at Palau. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:26 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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