| Item title: | FUJIWARA Akio interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/2) 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 6/2 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-77 (Serial no. 130) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 11 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 14/5/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION |
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| Japanese unit names: | 6th South Seas Expedition Force Aiyo Maru |
| Names: | FUJIWARA Akio, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Buna Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] Guadalcanal [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Solomon Islands] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private FUJIWARA Akio of the 6th South Seas Expedition Force, who was captured in the Buna area on 9 March 1943. FUJIWARA, a 22 year old 1st Class Private from Nagasaki, was captured, along with two other Japanese soldiers, by Australian troops in the village where they landed after the sinking of Aiyo Maru on 3 March. During the interrogation, FUJIWARA initially gave a false identity as he was worried that his name would be sent to Japan as a prisoner of war. However, he later gave correct identity and provided information on unit organisations, evacuation operation from Guadalcanal, the sinking of his boat and his rescue from the sea. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:42 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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