| Item title: | SATÔ Tetsurô interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/1) 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 6/1 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-44 (Serial no. 62) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 7 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 11/3/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MEDICAL SERVICES |
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| Japanese unit names: | 229th Infantry Regt 3rd Bn 11 Coy |
| Names: | SATÔ Tetsuro, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Buna Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] Gona [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private SATÔ Tetsuro of the 229th Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion 11th Company, who was captured in Gona on 19 December 1942. SATÔ, a 23 year old from Gifu, was shot in the right eye while taking refuge in a trench when he was captured by Australian troops. SATÔ was a medical orderly attached to the Company Headquarters. During the interrogation, SATÔ showed that he was security conscious, and declined to provided detailed information on unit organisation and movements. He discussed morale in Japan and among the Japanese, but did not express any strong views. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:07 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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