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Item title: JA145720 interrogation report
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/6)
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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-282 (Serial no. 418)
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 5 pages
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Interrogation report
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): 1/5/1944
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MORALE, FACTORIES
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:79th Infantry Regt 2nd Bn Field Baggage Train
Names: JA145720, 2nd Class Pte
Languages: English
Area:Japan–Formosa
Weber Point [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Sio–Bogadjim Area]
Content: This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 2nd Class Private JA145720 of the 79th Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion Field Baggage Train, who was captured in Gali near Weber Point on 20 February 1944. JA145720, a 29 year old 2nd Class Private from Osaka, was captured by Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) troops when he was crossing a river. During the interrogation, JA145720 provided information on unit organisation, movement, morale, and the Nippon Piston Company in Osaka where he used to work.
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