| Item title: | YOSHIKAWA Susumu interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/1) 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 6/1 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-47 (Serial no. 79) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 10 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 1/4/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MORALE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 102th Infantry Regt 1st Bn 4th Coy |
| Names: | YOSHIKAWA Susumu, Sgt |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | China–Hong Kong Lae–Markham River Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula] Wau Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Sergeant YOSHIKAWA Susumu of the 102th Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion 4th Company , who was captured near Wau on 22 February 1943. YOSHIKAWA, a 25 year old Sergeant from Ibaragi, was captured near Wau when he was intercepted while he was acting as a messenger. During the interrogation, YOSHIKAWA provided information on unit movements, organisation and equipment, based on his experiences fighting in China and New Guinea. He gave his account of the landing operation in Lae in January 1943. He discussed some aspects of morale in Japan and mentioned the anti-English sentiment among the public. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:04:36 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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