| Item title: | SHIBATA Shinichirô interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/4) 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 6/4 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-151 (Serial no. 233) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 13 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 23/8/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTERROGATION, INTERNATIONAL LAW, GUNS, ARTILLERY, MORALE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 51st Div 14th Field Artillery Regt 3rd Bn 7th Coy 1st Sect |
| Names: | SHIBATA Shinichirô, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Japan–Formosa Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Goodenough Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private SHIBATA Shinichirô of the 51st Division 14th Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Battalion 7th Company 1st Section, who was captured on an island near Goodenough Island on 12 March 1943. SHIBATA, a 27 year old 1st Class Private from Ibaraki, was captured by Australian troops when he and his companions were on an island near Goodenough Island. During the capture, some in the group were killed and a few wounded. During the interrogation, SHIBATA provided information on his unit organisation, artillery guns, transport methods, and morale in Japan. Two diagrams of field guns are included. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:02 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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