| Item title: | JA147296 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/7) 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 6/7 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-324B (Serial no. 464) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 7 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 2/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, NAVIGATION, NAKAJIMA AIRCRAFT, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | 6th Navigation Aid Unit 1st Coy 1st Pl 2nd Sect |
| Names: | JA147296, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Japan–Formosa New Britain [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] Witu Island Group [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Bismarck Sea] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147296 of the 6th Navigation Aid Unit 1st Company 1st Platoon 2nd Section, who was captured in Kometto on 28 March 1944. JA147296, a 22 year old Superior Private from Fukushima Prefecture, was ill with malaria when he was captured by local villagers and handed to US Marines. During the interrogation, JA147296 provided information on movmements, his unit's tasks, and Garove Island. A sketch of "Chi" No. 1 Model 2 (radio) directional finder and a sketch map of the Nakajima Airplane Company are included. He stated that he had developed a fatalistic attitude towards capture and was glad he was cut off from the war. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:26 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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