| Item title: | JA147785 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-388 (Serial no. 537) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 13 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 15/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, RATIONING, PRISONERS OF WAR, LEAFLET DROPPING, PROPAGANDA, MORALE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 8th Naval Construction Unit |
| Names: | JA147785 |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Manokwari [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Palau Island [Central Pacific, Caroline Islands] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147785, a civilian employee of 8th Naval Construction Unit, who was captured at Wari (Manokwari), near Hollandia, on 8 May 1944. JA147785 fell behind his unit during the retreat from Hollandia towards Manokwari and was asleep when captured by US troops. During the interrogation, JA147785 provided information on his service experience, rationing in Palau, the lack of mail service, his attitude towards capture and his fear that he would be summarily executed, Indian prisoners of war in Hollandia, Allied leaflet propaganda and various features of Palau Island (mines, populations, garrisoned forces, oil storage). |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:45 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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