| Item title: | JA147491 supplementary interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/8) 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 6/8 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-331 (Serial no. 472) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 2 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 6/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MORALE, PROPAGANDA, LEAFLET DROPPING, NATIVES |
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| Japanese unit names: | 4th Air Intelligence Unit |
| Names: | JA147491, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Wewak–Madang Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] New Guinea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] Japan–Formosa Kyoto Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private JA147491 of the 4th Air Intelligence Unit, who was captured near the Tami River (near Hollandia) on 26 April 1944. JA147491, a 24 year old 1st Class Private from Maizure, Kyoto Prefecture, was suffering from malaria and became separated from his Company during the retreat from Wewak to Hollandia in mid-February 1944 and was captured without resistance by US troops. During the interrogation, JA147491 provided information on the hardships he experienced in New Guinea, living conditions in Japan, treatment of natives, and said that he thought the Allied propaganda leaflets telling of Japan's hopeless position in New Guinea were probably true. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:36 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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