Item title: | PAN Kong interrogation report |
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Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/2) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
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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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Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
Call number: | AWM55 6/2 |
Inst. series: | AWM55 |
Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
Item: | IR-51 C (Serial no. 85) |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | 2 pages |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Interrogation report |
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Creation date (d/m/y): | 8/4/1943 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION |
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Names: | PAN Kong, Chinese civilian labourer |
Languages: | English |
Area: | China–Hong Kong Buna Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] |
Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for a Chinese labourer PAN Kong, who was captured in a palm plantation in the Buna area in January 1943. PAN, a 28 year old labourer from Suun Tak in Kwangtung, surrendered unarmed to the Australian troops. During the interrogation, he said that he had to seek employment in the Japanese Army and was transported to New Guniea from China. He detailed his movements from China to New Guinea. In New Guinea, he worked as a labourer and carried wounded Japanese soldiers to shelters. |
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Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:12 AM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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