| Item title: | JA147021 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/6) 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 6/6 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-268 (Serial no. 399) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 9 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 12/4/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING |
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| Japanese unit names: | 33rd Independent Engineer Regt 2nd Coy 3rd Sect |
| Names: | JA147021, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Shizuoka Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] Saidor [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Sio–Bogadjim Area] Sio [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Fortification Point–Sio Area] Madang [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private JA147021 of the 33rd Independent Engineer Regiment 2nd Company 3rd Section, who was captured in Sel near Saidor on 30 January 1944. JA147021, a 26 year old Superior Private from Shizuoka, could not keep up with his unit during the retreat from Sio towards Madang due to an infected foot. He surrendered to US troops when he was fired upon. During the interrogation, JA147021 provided information on unit organisation, movement, economic and social conditions in Japan, and some information on Oki Electric Company and Showa Electric Wire and Cable Company where he used to work. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:17 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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