| Item title: | JA145655 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-262 (Serial no. 391) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 17 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 28/3/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, DEFENCES, IRON AND STEEL WORKS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 26th Field Artillery Regt 3rd Bn 8th Coy Command Group Observation Group |
| Names: | JA145655, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Manchuria Wewak [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] Sattelberg Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private JA145655 of the 26th Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Battalion 8th Company Command Group Observation Group, who was captured at Sattelberg on 3 December 1943. JA145655, a Superior Private from Saga, was weak with malaria and surrendered to Australian troops. During the interrogation, JA145655 provided information on unit organisation in detail, movements, equipment, defences in Wewak, and impacts of the Allied attacks. He provided some information on industries in Manchuria, including the company he used to work for, Kyowa Tetsudan KK. Diagrams for calculating the range of mountain artillery and a range finder are also included in the report. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:49 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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