| Item title: | JA145626 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/5) 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 6/5 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-215 (Serial no. 321) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 13 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 31/12/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MORALE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 238th Infantry Regt 1st Bn Machine-gun Coy1st Pl 1st Sect |
| Names: | JA145626, Cpl |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Wewak [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] Finschhafen Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula] Arndt Point [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 Corporal JA145626 of the 238th Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion Machine Gun Company1st Platoon 1st Section, who was captured at Arndt Point on 15 October 1943. JA145626, a 28 year old Corporal from Gunma, received a gunshot wound while was trying to flee and was captured by Australian troops. During the interrogation, JA145626 provided information on his unit organisation, movements, morale and information on Wewak. A sketch map of the Wewak area is attached. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:21 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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