| Item title: | JA145601 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-287 (Serial no. 424) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 15 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 22/5/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, COMMUNICATIONS, CHEMICAL WARFARE, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 78th Infantry Regt 10th Coy |
| Names: | JA145601, Leading Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Manchuria Dumpu [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Ramu River–Finisterre Range] Madang [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] Fukuoka Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Kyûshû] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Leading Private JA145601 of the 78th Infantry Regiment 10th Company, who was captured in Wampun, east of Dumpu, on 3 October 1943. JA145601, a 24 year old Leading Private from Fukuoka, was captured by Australian troops during his retreat to Madang. During the interrogation, JA145601 provided information on unit organisation, movement, wireless communication signals, his service experience, chemical gases, and the economic situation in Manchuria. A diagram of the communication method between units was attached. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:46 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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