| Item title: | JA147468 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/8) 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 6/8 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-368 (Serial no. 516) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 14 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 7/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, PETROL AND OIL SUPPLY, HARBOURS, NAVAL OPERATIONS, SUBMARINES, PRISONERS OF WAR, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION |
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| Japanese unit names: | 49th Anchorage Unit 122nd Infantry Regt 46th Anchorage Unit Shipping HQ |
| Names: | JA147468, civilian employee |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Penang (Pinang) [Malaya–British Borneo (Malaysia & Singapore), Malaya Peninsular] Singapore [Malaya–British Borneo (Malaysia & Singapore)] Thailand [Burma–Thailand] Korako [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147468, a civilian employee attached to the 49th Anchorage Unit, who was captured on 24 April 1944. JA147468, suffering from malaria, was captured at Korako by US troops. During the interrogation, JA147468 provided information on Japanese sea transportation methods, petrol supply, shipping of rubber supplies, Allied prisoners of war in Singapore between March and May 1942, his attitude towards capture and the war, shipping operations at Hachinohe, oil storage tanks in Singapore, harbour facilities at Prai Harbour (Thailand) and an Allied submarine attack during August 1942 near the Penang River. The appendix contains organisational charts for the 49th Anchorage Unit, the 122nd Infantry Regiment, the 46th Anchorage Unit and Shipping Headquarters. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:04:50 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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