| Item title: | JA147151 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/6) 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 6/6 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-284 (Serial no. 420) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 3 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 2/5/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, VESSELS |
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| Japanese unit names: | Akatsuki 6168 |
| Names: | JA147151, Deck hand and look-out |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Aitape–Wewak Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147151 of the Akatsuki 6168 unit, who was captured off Bam Island on 26 February 1944. JA147151, a 35 year old deck-hand and look-out from Yamaguchi, was clinging to ship wreckage for about a week before he was rescued by a US flying boat. During the interrogation, JA147151 provided information on the movement and sinking of the sea truck, Atsu Maru. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:11 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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