| Item title: | JA145649 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/5) 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 6/5 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-216 (Serial no. 322) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 11 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 31/12/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MORALE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 238th Infantry Regt 2nd Bn Machine Gun Coy 2nd Pl 6th Sect |
| Names: | JA145649, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Japan–Formosa Huon Peninsula [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] Wewak–Madang Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private JA145649 of the 238th Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion Machine-gun Company 2nd Platoon 6th Section, who was captured at Lae on 27 or 28 October 1943. JA145649, a 23 year old Superior Private from Osaka, was suffering from malaria when he was captured by US troops. He was a machine gunner. During the interrogation, JA145649 provided information on his unit organisation, his movements, morale, and military facilities in New Guinea. A sketch map of Wewak is attached. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:50 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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