| Item title: | JA147708 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-379 (Serial no. 527) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 8 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 1/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | ARTILLERY, DEFENCE, DISCIPLINE, MORALE, AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION, PRISONERS OF WAR, RATIONING, WOOL, STEEL, INTELLIGENCE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 68th Field Anti-aircraft Bn |
| Names: | JA147708, Medical Probation Officer |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Formosa (Taiwan) [Japan–Formosa] Tokyo [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Manokwari [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147708 of the 68th Field Anti-aircraft Battalion, who was captured at Wari (Manokwari) on 3 May 1944. JA147708, a 24 year old Medical Probation Officer from Formosa, became separated from his unit during the retreat from Hollandia. Natives, who agreed to guide him and his group, instead handed them over to US troops. During the interrogation, JA147708 provided information on rationing in Japan and wool and iron shortages, clothing shortages, the organisation of the 68th Field Anti-aircraft Battalion, the location of the Sagamihara Military Hosptial near Tokyo and the presence of four English prisoners of war suffering from tuberculosis, his service experience and the harsh discipline meted out by superior officers, the use of electrically operated 105 mm anti-aircraft guns in Japan and the construction of an airfield near Airai in February 1944. The appendix includes an organisation chart for the 68th Field Anti-aircraft Battalion. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:20 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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