| Item title: | MIYAJI Chikara interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/1) 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 6/1 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-25 (Serial no. 35) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 8 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 10/1/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTERROGATION, INTELLIGENCE, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | 144th Infantry Regt 1st Bn |
| Names: | MIYAJI Chikara, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Owen Stanley Range [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua] Buna Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] New Britain [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] 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 MIYAJI Chikara, who was captured in the Buna area on 28 November 1942 when he was shot by Australians. MIYAJI, a 32 year old from Kôchi, provided information on unit movements from Japan to New Britain, and from Rabaul to New Guinea. He also gave general information on the military system in the Japanese Army. His extensive accounts cover psychological aspects of Japanese soldiers' views of the war. These include his views on the progress of the war, treatment of local population, his family back home, and expected treatment of Japanese soldiers who were captured prisoners of war. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:43 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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