Item title: | JA147459 supplementary interrogation report |
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Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/8) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
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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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Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
Call number: | AWM55 6/8 |
Inst. series: | AWM55 |
Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
Item: | IR-328 (Serial no. 468) |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | 6 pages |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Interrogation report |
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Creation date (d/m/y): | 6/7/1944 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTERROGATION, INTELLIGENCE, MORALE, NATIVES |
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Japanese unit names: | 68th Independent Field Anti-aircraft Bn 2nd Coy |
Names: | JA147459, 1st Class Pte |
Languages: | English |
Area: | Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] |
Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private JA147459 of the 68th Independent Field Anti-aircraft Battalion, 2nd Company, who was captured in Hollandia on 22 April 1944. JA147459, a 24 year old 1st Class Private from Ibaraki Prefecture, was captured unarmed when US forces landed in the Hollandia area on 22 April 1944. During the interrogation, he provided information on army life, living conditions in Japan, treatment of natives, attitudes towards capture and the war, and attitude towards other races. JA147459 considered himself fortunate to be alive and subject to such good treatment and said that after the war he would like to work in either Australia or the United States of America. |
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Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:36 AM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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