| Item title: | JA147337 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-409 (Serial no. 559) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 11 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 8/9/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | AIR RAIDS, ANTI-AIRCRAFT, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INDUSTRY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, WEAPONS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 30th Independent Field Anti-aircraft Machine-cannon Bty |
| Names: | JA147337, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Kokura [Japan–Formosa, Kyûshû, Fukuoka Prefecture] Cape Gloucester [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Talasea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Kimbe Bay] Bougainville [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147337 of the 30th Independent Field Anti-aircraft Machine-cannon Battery, who was captured at Talasea by natives and turned over to US Marines on 14 April 1944. During the interrogation, JA147337 provided information on the organisation and operational methods of the 30th Independent Field Anti-aircraft Machine-cannon Battery, the effectiveness of a 20 mm machine-cannon, Allied losses at Bougainville, Allied air attacks on Natamo (near Cape Gloucester) during August 1943, production details and defences at the Kokura Army Arsenal in Fukuoka Prefecture. The appendix contains a sketch of the Kokura Army Arsenal. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:01 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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