| Item title: | MACHII Ichirô 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-95 (Serial no. 165) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 5 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 16/6/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, FOOD RATIONS AND RATIONING, FOOD SUPPLY |
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| Japanese unit names: | 51st Engineer Regt Shinai Maru |
| Names: | MACHII Ichirô, Sgt |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | 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 Sergeant MACHII Ichirô of the 51st Engineer Regiment, who was captured on Goodenough Island on 9 March 1943. MACHII, a 35 year old Sergeant from Tochigi, was captured by Australian troops when he and others landed on the island after the sinking of Shinai Maru. MACHII was a Headquarters cook in the regiment. During the interrogation, MACHII provided information on unit organisation and the food situation. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:11 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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