| Item title: | JA130003 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-248 (Serial no. 370) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 7 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 24/2/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, HARBOURS, TANKERS |
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| Japanese unit names: | Hakkô Maru |
| Names: | JA130003, engine room storekeeper and oiler on a tanker |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Palembang [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), Sumatra] Singapore [Malaya–British Borneo (Malaysia & Singapore)] Miri [Malaya–British Borneo (Malaysia & Singapore), British Borneo (Sarawak)] Fukuoka Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Kyûshû] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for a civilian engine room storekeeper and oiler JA130003 of Hakkô Maru, who was captured off the coast of Indo-China on 5 January 1944. JA130003, a 35 year old civilian sailor from Saitama, was captured by a US submarine from a lifeboat after the sinking of Hakkô Maru. One crew from each boat was picked by the submarine and became prisoners of war. During the interrogation, JA130003 provided information on Hakkô Maru and its constructions, its movements and crew and various ports in Japan and Asia, such as Moji, Palembang, Miri, and Singapore. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:37 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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