| Item title: | SUDÔ Saburô 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-99 (Serial no. 170) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 17 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 23/6/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTERROGATION, INTELLIGENCE, MORALE, ENGINEERS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 51st Div 51st Engineer Regt 1st Coy 4th Pl Shinai Maru |
| Names: | SUDÔ Saburô, 2nd Lt |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | China–Hong Kong Japan–Formosa Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] New Britain [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] Goodenough Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for rank SUDÔ Saburô of the 51st Division 51st Engineer Regiment 1st Company 4th Platoon, who was captured on Goodenough Island on 9 March 1943. SUDÔ, a 26 year old 2nd Lieutenant from Tokyo, was captured by Australian troops when he landed on Goodenough Island after the sinking of Shinai Maru on 3 March 1943. During the interrogation, SUDÔ provided information on his unit's organisation, operations in China and New Guinea, work related to the Engineer Regiment, and an extensive description of morale and the economic situation in Japan. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:56 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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