| Item title: | HATANO Masami 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-106 (Serial no. 177) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 8 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 28/6/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, WEAPONS, MORALE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 50th Independent Anti-Aircraft Bn 3rd Coy 1 Pl Oigawa Maru |
| Names: | HATANO Masami, WO |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Trobriand (Kiriwina) Islands [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Warrant Officer HATANO Masami of the 50th Independent Anti-Aircraft Battalion 3rd Company 1st Platoon, who was captured in the Trobriand Islands on 21 March 1943. HATANO, a 27 year old Warrant Officer from Gifu, was captured at sea by Australian troops while moving from one island to the other. His boat, Oigawa Maru, was sunk on 3 March. During the interrogation, HATANO provided information on unit organisation, weapons, and the social and political situation in Japan. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:36 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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