| Item title: | SASAKI Masaji interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/3) 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 6/3 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-129 (Serial no. 206) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 13 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 22/7/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MORALE, FACILITIES AND INSTALLATIONS |
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| Japanese unit names: | Shipping Engineer Regt 14th Coy 3rd Pl 3rd Sect Kenbu Maru |
| Names: | SASAKI Masaji, Sgt |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Osaka Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Goodenough Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Sergeant SASAKI Masaji of the Shipping Engineer Regiment 14th Company 3rd Platoon 3rd Section, who was captured on Goodenough Island on 6 April 1943. SASAKI, a 23 year old rank from Osaka Prefecture, drifted on a raft with others after Kenbu Maru was sunk. The raft reached an island and local people eventually found them and handed them to Australian troops. During the interrogation, SASAKI provided information on unit organisation, a detailed itinerary of his movements, equipment and conditions in Rabaul and Japan. |
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Other information | |
| Notes: | SASAKI told his unit number was Akatsuki 2954, but it is not possible to identify this number against a Shipping Engineer Regiment. |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:01 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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