| Item title: | M160 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-176 (Serial no. 272) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 6 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 10/10/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, GUNS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 21st Independent Mixed Bde Independent Heavy Artillery Bn 2nd Coy 1st Pl 2nd Sect Oigawa Maru |
| Names: | M160, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Papuan Islands [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] Japan–Formosa |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private M160 of the 21st Independent Mixed Brigade Independent Heavy Artillery Battalion 2nd Company 1st Platoon 2nd Section, who was captured on a Papuan island on 18 March 1943. M160, a 23 year old 1st Class Private from Osaka, was captured by Australian troops when he and his companions reached an island after the sinking of Oigawa Maru. During the interrogation, M160 provided information on his unit orgnisation, Type 96 Howitzer and morale in Japan. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:50 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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