| Item title: | TANAKA Sueyo interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/3) 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 6/3 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-133 (Serial no. 211) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 11 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 30/7/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, FOOD SUPPLY, MORALE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 170th Infantry Regt 1st Bn 2nd Coy 2nd Pl 4th Sect |
| Names: | TANAKA Sueyo, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Japan–Formosa Giruwa [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna 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 Superior Private TANAKA Sueyo of the 170th Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion 2nd Company 2nd Platoon 4th Section, who was captured in Giruwa on 26 January 1943. TANAKA, a 30 year old Superior Private from Hyôgo, was captured by US troops after hiding in the jungle for a week after the fall of Giruwa, before he was discovered and captured. He was a "manzai" performer (story-teller/comedian) in the Kansai area. He was interviewed six months after his capture. During the interrogation, TANAKA provided information on the unit organisation and its operations, supplies, and morale in Japan. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:35 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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