| Item title: | DÔ Ichijirô interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/2) 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 6/2 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-76 (Serial no. 129) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 7 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 14/5/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, LANDING CRAFT, MALARIA |
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| Japanese unit names: | Buna Communications Unit |
| Names: | DÔ Ichijirô, 3rd Class PO |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Buna Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 3rd Class Petty Officer DÔ Ichijirô of the Buna Communications Unit, who was captured in the Buna area on 3 January 1943. DÔ, a 41 year old 3rd Class Petty Officer from Yokohama, was severely wounded when he was captured by US troops. He had spent about six months in Buna. During the interrogation, DÔ provided information on the unit organisation, communication equipment, and naval landing craft. He said he never contracted malaria while he stationed in Buna as he took his quinine tablets everyday, although many of his colleagues did not. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:07:07 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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