| Item title: | RENGA Takeo interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/3) 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 6/3 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-138 (Serial no. 217 ) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 20 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 6/8/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MORALE, PRISONERS OF WAR, TRANSPORT, SIGNALS, DEFENCES |
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| Japanese unit names: | Ohara Unit 3rd Coy 2nd Pl 3rd Sect |
| Names: | RENGA Takeo, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Japan–Formosa Trobriand (Kiriwina) Islands [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands] Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private RENGA Takeo of Ohara Unit 3rd Company 2nd Platoon 3rd Section. He mentioned a unit number, 3616, but it was not possible to identify it. Renga was captured in the Trobriand Islands on 16 March 1943 after the sinking of his boat in Dampier Strait. RENGA, a 30 year old Superior Private from Aichi, was captured by Australian troops with his companions when they reached an island populated by locals. During the interrogation, RENGA provided information on the unit organisation, functions of each section such as observation and transport sections, attitudes towards being captured, defences in Rabaul, and conditions in Japan. The report includes several diagrams of machine parts RENGA drew. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:24 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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