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Item title: JA147188 interrogation report
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/6)
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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-289A (Serial no. 426)
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 6 pages
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Interrogation report
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): 15/5/1944
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, COMMUNICATIONS
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:4th Air Intelligence Unit
Names: JA147188, Superior Pte
Languages: English
Area:Tuluvu [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain]
Talasea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Kimbe Bay]
Content: This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private JA147188 of the 4th Air Intelligence Unit, who was captured in Kometto near Talasea on 24 March 1944. JA147188, a 29 year old superior private from Aichi Prefecture, was starving and sick from malaria when he was captured by US troops. He had been hospitalised in Natamo and evacuated toward Talasea. During the interrogation, JA147188 provided information on unit organisation, movement, and communication system. A diagram of the communication system within his unit is attached.
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Last modified:03/05/2009 09:05:30 AM
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