| Item title: | JA145456 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-203 (Serial no. 302) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 18 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 25/11/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MORALE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 115th Infantry Regt Regt HQ Signals Coy Oigawa Maru |
| Names: | JA145456, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Japan–Formosa Dampier strait [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 Superior Private JA145456 of the 115th Infantry Regiment Regimental Headquarters Signals Company, who was captured on Goodenough Island on 11 March 1943. JA145456, a 27 year old Superior Private from Tokyo, was captured by Australian troops in the hills of the island when he was looking for water. He left Oigawa Maru when it was bombed and sunk, and drifted to an island. During the interrogation, JA145456 provided information on unit organisation, movements, communications, and social conditions in Japan. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:07:03 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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