| Item title: | JA147458 supplementary interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/8) 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 6/8 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-330 (Serial no. 471) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 2 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 6/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTERROGATION, INTELLIGENCE, PRISONERS OF WAR, NATIVES, MILITARY OPERATIONS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 6th Navigation Aid Unit |
| Names: | JA147458, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Wewak [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private JA147458 of the 6th Navigation Aid Unit, Shin 11801, who was captured at Humboldt Bay (near Hollandia) on 22 April 1944. JA147458, a 22 year old 1st Class Private from Gunma Prefecture, surrendered to US troops after most of the unit he belonged to was wiped out by naval gunfire and aerial bombardment. During the interrogation, he provided information on his army experience, living conditions in Japan, attitude towards the war, attitude towards other races, treatment of natives, sightings and treatment of Allied prisoners of war, rumours about the war campaign and access to news about the war. JA147458 said that he thought Japan could not compete with Allied industrial power and superior weaponry. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:46 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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