| Item title: | YAMADA Masami 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-165 (Serial no. 257) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 9 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 19/9/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MORALE, TROOPSHIPS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 40th Independent Mixed Bde 8th Shipping Engineer Regt 1st Coy 4th Pl 3rd Sect Shinai |
| Names: | YAMADA Masami, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Goodenough Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands] Japan–Formosa |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private YAMADA Masami of the 40th Independent Mixed Brigade 8th Shipping Engineer Regiment 1st Company 4th Platoon 3rd Section, who was captured on Goodenough Island on 9 March 1943. YAMADA, a 25 year old Superior Private from Tottori, was captured by Australian troops on Goodenough Island after he and his companions reached there after the sinking of Shinai Maru. The group attempted to escape and eight of them were killed. During the interrogation, YAMADA provided information on his unit organisation, Japanese ships, his duties in his unit, and morale. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:26 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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