| Item title: | IWASA Kôji interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/4) 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 6/4 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-157 (Serial no. 244) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 14 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 11/9/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, PRISONERS OF WAR, TROOPSHIPS, WEAPONS |
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| Japanese unit names: | Yamada Unit (Flying Column) 1st Coy 1st Pl 1st Sect Oigawa Maru |
| Names: | IWASA Kôji, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Japan–Formosa Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Trobriand (Kiriwina) Islands [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands] Lae [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private IWASA Kôji of the Yamada Unit (Flying Column) 1st Company 1st Platoon 1st Section, who was captured at sea near the Trobriand Islands on 18 March 1943 after the sinking of Oigawa Maru. IWASA, a 33 year old Superior Private from Osaka, was captured by US and Australian troops while he and his companions were travelling towards Lae from a Papuan island. He did not state his unit identification other than Yamada Unit. During the interrogation, IWASA provided information on unit organisation, personalities, equipment, ship and aircraft, and social conditions in Japan. He elaborated his sentiments towards being captured. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:07 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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