| Item title: | CHANG Yock 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-51 B (Serial no. 85) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 2 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 8/4/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION |
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| Names: | CHANG Yock, Chinese civilian labourer |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | China–Hong Kong Buna Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for CHANG Yock, who was captured in a palm plantation in the Buna area in January 1943. CHANG, a 24 year old labourer from Canton, surrendered to the Australian troops unarmed. During the interrogation, he gave information that he had been seized by the Japanese in Kowloon and shipped to New Guinea via Palembang. He did not know much about his unit as he had spent his time in New Guinea contructing timber shelters. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:07 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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