| Item title: | JA147237 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/8) 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 6/8 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-339 (Serial no. 482) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 6 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 11/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, RADIO TRANSMITTERS, AIR RAIDS, RIVER CROSSING, BRIDGES |
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| Japanese unit names: | 53rd Infantry Regt Signal Coy |
| Names: | JA147237, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | New Britain [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] Hyôgo Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private JA147237 of the 53rd Infantry Regiment, Signal Company, who was captured near Kometto (New Britain) on 27/28 March 1944. JA147237, a 22 year old Superior Private (wireless transmitter operator) from Taki, Hyôgo Prefecture, was captured by US troops while resting by a river. During the interrogation, JA147237 provided information on Japanese communication equipment, the destruction of bridges during the retreat from Masere, and Allied air raids on Kirigi, Masere and Magairapua between October and December 1943. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:20 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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