| Item title: | Transcript of interrogation of Capt Murphy captured on New Britain |
| Title (romaji): | Nyûburiten Shima ni okeru Gô kahôin Mâfi taisa torishirabe sho |
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| Location: | National Institute for Defense Studies (Tokyo) (Nantô zenpan 197) |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | National Institute for Defense Studies (Tokyo) |
| AJRP series: | Army campaign reports and records |
| AJRP sub-series: | South East Area army operations |
| AJRP folder: | General army operations in the South East Area |
Location details | |
| Institution: | National Institute for Defense Studies (Tokyo) |
| Call number: | Nantô zenpan 197 |
| Inst. series: | Jinchû nisshi-sentô shôhô nado |
| Inst. sub-series: | Nantô Rikugun shiryô |
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Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 item |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Information report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 17/11/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION |
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| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | 6th Field Military Police |
| Names: | Murphy, Capt J |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | New Britain [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] |
| Content: | This item consists of a transcript of an interrogation of Australian coastwatcher Capt J Murphy who was captured on 2 November 1943 near Gasmata in New Britain. The transcript was produced by the 6th Field Military Police and records details of Murphy's interrogation. It outlines Allied intelligence operations in the area, including communications methods, deployment of intelligence officers, and the command structure of Australian intelligence operations. The transcript is stamped with "US Army Japanese area and language course", indicating that it may have been used as training material in the post-war period. Capt Murphy was tried in the post-war period for collaborating with the Japanese in Rabaul but was found to be innocent. |
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| Last modified: | 02/09/2005 12:50:13 PM |
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