| Item title: | JA145588 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-234 (Serial no. 356) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 14 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 13/2/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | FACILITIES AND INSTALLATIONS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MORALE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 238th Infantry Regt 3rd Bn 11th Coy 2nd Pl 2nd Sect |
| Names: | JA145588, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Wewak–Madang Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] Huon Peninsula [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] Japan–Formosa Lae [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private JA145588 of the 238th Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion 11th Company 2nd Platoon 2nd Section, who was captured near Lae on 18 September 1943. JA145588, a 24 year old Superior Private from Gunma, was wounded and resting in a local hut when he was captured by Australian troops. He was a rifleman. During the interrogation, JA145588 provided information on his unit organisation, movements, defences at Wewak, and morale and socio-economic conditions in Japan. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:22 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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