| Item title: | JA147887 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/9) 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 6/9 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-396 (Serial no. 546) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 11 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 24/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, FISHING VESSELS, CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, PRISONERS OF WAR, MORALE, LEAFLET DROPPING, PROPAGANDA, WAR - HOME FRONT |
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| Japanese unit names: | 4th Sea Transport Bn |
| Names: | JA147887, civilian fisherman |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Singapore [Malaya–British Borneo (Malaysia & Singapore)] Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Rabaul [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147887, a civilian fisherman with the 4th Sea Transport Battalion, who was captured at Tanahmera Bay (50 kms west of Hollandia) by natives and handed over to US troops on 9 May 1944. During the interrogation, JA147887 provided information on the number of fishing vessels sent to Rabaul between May 1943 and June 1944, the number sunk during Allied sea and air attacks, Allied prisoners of war at Singapore, morale, his service experience, attitude towards capture, conditions in Japan and his limited exposure to Allied leaflet propaganda. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:31 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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