| Item title: | M154 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-166 (Serial no. 261) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 8 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 25/9/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MORALE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 238th Infantry Regt 3rd Bn 3rd Machine Gun Coy 2nd Pl 4th Sect |
| Names: | M154, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Mubo–Salamaua Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private M154 of the 238th Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion 3rd Machine-gun Company 2nd Platoon 4th Section, who was captured near Salamaua on 15 August 1943. M154, a 22 year old 1st Class Private from Gunma, was very weak from malaria and starvation when he was captured by Australian troops. During the interrogation, M154 provided information on his unit organisation, operations in New Guinea, and morale in Japan. |
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Other information | |
| Notes: | The report did not mention the Japanese soldier's name. He was referred as M154. |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:26 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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