| Item title: | UEHARA Takao 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-147 (Serial no. 229) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 11 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 14/8/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MORALE, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | 51st Engineer Regt Signals Unit Shinai Maru |
| Names: | UEHARA Takao, Cpl |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Japan–Formosa Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Papuan Islands [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Corporal UEHARA Takao of the 51st Engineer Regiment Signals Unit, who was captured on an unknown island on 27 March 1943. UEHARA, a 32 year old Corporal from Gunma, was looking for food in the jungle on an island after the sinking of Shinai Maru when he was captured by local people and US troops. During the interrogation, UEHARA provided information on his unit organisation, communication equipment, his attitude towards being captured, social conditions in Japan. |
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Other information | |
| Notes: | The original report spelled the prisoner's name as UYEHARA. |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:26 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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