Item title: | JA147622 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-377 (Serial no. 525) |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | 5 pages |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
Creation date (d/m/y): | 9/8/1944 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | FISHING VESSELS, NAVAL OPERATIONS, AIR RAIDS, CAMOUFLAGE AND CONCEALMENT, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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Japanese unit names: | Kaiyo Maru Kagi Maru Hokushin Maru |
Names: | JA147622 |
Languages: | English |
Area: | Manila [Philippines, Luzon] Wewak [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] Rabaul [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] 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 JA147622, a 38 year old Korean fisherman who was captured at Hollandia on 6 May 1944 by US troops. During the interrogation, JA147622 provided information on fishing activities in the Wewak/Manokwari area, wages, Allied prisoners of war in Manila in December 1943, rumours of a fake city being constructed near Manila to divert Allied bombing attacks, and Allied attacks on Kaiyo Maru, Kagi Maru and Hokushin Maru. He claimed to have been pressed into military service and thought he might be able to learn of Japanese military matters if he was allowed to camp with Japanese prisoners of war. |
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Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:34 AM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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