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Item title: JA147727 interrogation report
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/8)
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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-366 (Serial no. 513)
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 7 pages
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Interrogation report
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): 1/8/1944
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, GUERILLA OPERATIONS, WATER TRANSPORT, MORALE, LABOUR, PRISONERS OF WAR
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:4th Sea Transport Bn
45th Sea Duty Force
Names: JA147727, Superior Pte
Languages: English
Area:Manokwari [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)]
Philippines
Japan–Formosa
Shimane Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû]
Content: This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147727 of the 4th Sea Transport Battalion, who was captured at Wari (Manokwari) on 4 May 1944. JA147727, a 34 year old Superior Private from Shimane Prefecture, was captured by natives and handed over to US troops. During the interrogation, JA147727 provided information on the organisation (including charts) of the 4th Sea Transport Battalion and the 45th Sea Duty Force, rumours of guerrilla activity in remote parts of the Philippines, the movement of American prisoners of war from the Philippines to Japan, morale of Filippino workers employed by the Japanese, and shipping movements.
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