| Item title: | JA145625 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-221 (Serial no. 314) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 14 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 16/1/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | FACILITIES AND INSTALLATIONS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTERROGATION, INTELLIGENCE, WATER SUPPLY |
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| Japanese unit names: | 20th Div 80th Infantry Regt 2nd Bn Machine Gun Coy |
| Names: | JA145625, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Saidor [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Sio–Bogadjim Area] Sio–Bogadjim Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private JA145625 of the 20th Division 80th Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion Machine Gun Company, who was captured in Bonga on 7 October 1943. JA145625, a 30 year old 1st Class Private from Okayama, was ill with malaria when he was captured by Australian troops. He had been carried on a stretcher from Saidor towards Finschhafen, but then abandoned as the troops started to retreat. During the interrogation, JA145625 provided information on his unit organisation, his movements, installations on the New Guinea coast, and the Type 91 water purifier. A diagram of the purifier is attached. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:03 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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