| Item title: | TAMURA Hikoichi interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/1) 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 6/1 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-21 (Serial no. 26) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 10 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 6/12/1942 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, PRISONERS OF WAR, TRAINING, MEDICAL SERVICES, LANDING CRAFT |
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| Japanese unit names: | 55th Engineer Regt 1st Coy plus Materials Pl |
| Names: | TAMURA Hikoichi, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Buna Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] Oivi [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda–Wairopi Area] Guam [Central Pacific, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati)] Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private TAMURA Hikoichi of the 55th Engineer Regiment 1st Company plus Materials Platoon, who was captured in Oivi on 11 November 1942. TAMURA, a 22 year old from Kagawa, was shot through his mouth when his unit was retreating. In his first interrogation session, he gave false information as he had been told not to reveal any military information. However, he wanted to correct this in the second session. His unit left Japan in December 1941 and, after landing and occupying Guam and Rabaul, it reached Buna in July 1942. TAMURA provided information on military landing craft, engineering equipment, training in Japan and Rabaul, medical treatment, and the unit's work in road contruction. He had realised that Japan might not be capable of winning the war after Allied Forces had attacked them at Buna. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:24 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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