| Item title: | SHIRAISHI Saburô interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/3) 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 6/3 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-107 (Serial no. 178) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 7 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 29/6/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MORALE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 18th Army Headquarters Azuma Unit 1st Coy 2nd Sect Teiyô Maru |
| Names: | SHIRAISHI Saburô, L Cpl |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Goodenough Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux 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 Lance Corporal SHIRAISHI Saburô of the 18th Army Headquarters Azuma Unit 1st Company 2nd Section who was captured on Goodenough Island on 11 March 1943. SHIRAISHI, a 23 year old Lance Corporal from Saitama, drifted to Goodenough Island and was captured by Australian troops after Teiyô Maru was sunk. SHIRAISHI was a truck driver in the transport unit and his ship was sunk on the way to Lae. During the interrogation, SHIRAISHI provided information on the unit organisation and the situation in Japan. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:25 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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