Item title: | M171 interrogation report |
Title (kanji) | |
Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/4) 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 6/4 |
Inst. series: | AWM55 |
Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
Item: | IR-171 (Serial no. 266) |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | 9 pages |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
Creation date (d/m/y): | 2/10/1943 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, TROOPSHIPS, MORALE |
Australian unit names: | |
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Japanese unit names: | Shipping Artillery (Akatsuki 2954) Oigawa Maru |
Names: | M171, 1st Class Pte |
Languages: | English |
Area: | Truk Island [Central Pacific, Caroline Islands] Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] 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 1st Class Private M171 of the Shipping Artillery (Akatsuki 2954), who was captured on an island off the east coast of New Guinea on 2 October 1943. M171, a 28 year old 1st Class Private from Ehime, was wounded and in a collapsible boat which reached an island after the sinking of Oigawa Maru when he was captured by Australian troops. During the interrogation, M171 provided information on his unit organisation, Japanese ships and morale in Japan. Sketch maps of Rabaul and Truk Island are attached. |
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Notes: | His unit name cannot be identified other than Akatsuki 2954. |
Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:30 AM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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