| Item title: | JA147003 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-259 (Serial no. 386) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 10 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 22/3/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, TROOPSHIPS, MORALE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 53rd Infantry Regt 1st Bn 4th Coy Gokoku Maru |
| Names: | JA147003, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Japan–Formosa Cape Gloucester [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Tuluvu [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Shanghai [China–Hong Kong] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private JA147003 of the 53rd Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion 4th Company, who was captured in Tuluvu on 15 November 1943. JA147003, a 21 year old 1st Class Private from Hyôgo, was wounded in his leg and unconscious when he was captured by US troops in Sumeru near Tuluvu. During the interrogation, JA147003 provided information on unit organisation, movements, Gokoku Maru which transported his unit to Rabaul from Shanghai, and social conditions in Japan. A diagram of Gokoku Maru is included. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:44 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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