| Item title: | JA147018 supplementary interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/8) 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 6/8 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-327 (Serial no. 467) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 2 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 6/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTERROGATION, INTELLIGENCE, WAR - HOME FRONT, MORALE, RADIO BROADCASTING, PROPAGANDA, LEAFLET DROPPING |
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| Japanese unit names: | 238th Regt 1st Bn 3rd Coy |
| Names: | JA147018, Cpl |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Kiari [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Sio–Bogadjim Area] Japan–Formosa New Guinea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) supplementary interrogation report for Corporal JA147018 of the 238th Regiment 1st Battalion 3rd Company, who was captured near Kiari on 5 February 1944 by US troops. JA147018 was ill with malaria when he was captured. During the interrogation, he provided information on army life, living conditions in Japan, attitudes towards capture and the war, attitudes towards other races, exposure to Allied propaganda leaflets, morale and access to radio broadcasts and news of the war. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:56 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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