| Item title: | KITAMURA Yokichi interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/2) 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 6/2 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR- (Serial no. ) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 17/4/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION |
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| Japanese unit names: | 8th Shipping Engineer Regt 3rd Coy 1st Pl 3rd Sect Uranami |
| Names: | KITAMURA Yokichi, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Guadalcanal [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Solomon Islands] New Britain [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] Trobriand (Kiriwina) Islands [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private KITAMURA Yokichi of the 8th Shipping Engineer Regiment 3rd Company 1st Platoon 3rd Section, who was captured off Trobriand Islands on 8 March 1943. KITAMURA, a 37 year old Superior Private from Kyoto, was captured by a US Navy patrol vessel after Uranami, a transport boat he was aboard was sunk during the Allied attack in Dampier Strait. During the interrogation, KTAMURA provided information on unit movements, organisation, equipment, and morale in Japan. He was also sent to Guadalcanal in Feburary 1943 in order to evacuate the troops from the island. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:47 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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