| Item title: | JA147526 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/9) 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 6/9 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-397 (Serial no. 547) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 6 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 15/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | NAVAL OPERATIONS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, RADAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | 90th Garrison Unit (Naval) DD Mutsu DD Hibiki |
| Names: | JA147526, 1st Class Seaman |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Kure [Japan–Formosa, Honshû, Hiroshima Prefecture] Kiska Island [North Pacific, Aleutian Islands, Rat Islands] Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147526 of the 90th Garrison Unit (Naval), who surrendered to US troops on 1 May 1944 at Humboldt Bay, near Hollandia. JA147526, a 29 year old 1st class seaman from Shimo-machi, provided information on the organisation and strength of the 90th Garrison Unit, radar equipment on Japanese ships, rumours of the sinking of the battleship Mutsu at Kure due to an unexplained explosion, and damage to the destroyer Hibiki off Kiska in June 1943. The appendix contains an organisational chart for the 90th Garrison Unit. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:07:02 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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