| Item title: | JA147271 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-336 (Serial no.478) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 5 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 8/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, AERIAL OPERATIONS, AIR RAIDS, ANTI-AIRCRAFT, MORALE, PRISONERS OF WAR, PRISON-CAMPS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 141st Infantry Regt 2nd Bn HQ |
| Names: | JA147271, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Hiroshima Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private JA147271 of 141st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion Headquarters, who was captured near Talasea on 25 March 1944. JA147271, a 23 year old 1st Class Private from Hiroshima, was sleeping in a hut when he was captured by US Marines. During the interrogation, JA147271 provided information on the location, treatment and condition of Allied prisoners of war in Innoshima Island (Hiroshima Prefecture), Rabaul and Tanoura (north-west of Rabaul). He also provided information on air raids on Rabaul and Garove Island between September and December 1943, the ineffective anti-aircraft fire and the absence of aerial opposition, and the negative impact on Japanese morale. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:07 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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