| Item title: | TANAKA Sunao supplementary interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/4) 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 6/4 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-173X (Serial no. 355) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 4 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 12/2/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | 20th Div 80th Infantry Regt 1st Bn 4th Coy 2nd Pl |
| Names: | TANAKA Sunao, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Sio–Bogadjim Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula] Mubo–Salamaua Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private TANAKA Sunao of the 20th Division 80th Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion 4th Company 2nd Platoon, who was captured in Salamaua on 24 August 1943. TANAKA, a 23 year Superior Private from Saga, was exhausted after spending several days in the jungle after he lost touch with other members of his unit, when he was captured by Australian troops. He was a medical orderly. During the interrogation, TANAKA provided information on four Allied prisoners of war whom TANAKA saw in New Guinea. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:53 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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