| Item title: | NAGAO Takashi interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/3) 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 6/3 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-119 (Serial no. 192) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 22 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 14/7/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AIR SERVICE, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT SPOTTING, TRANSPORT SHIPS, MORALE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 221st Airfield Bn Maintenance Coy 4th Pl Kenbu Maru |
| Names: | NAGAO Takashi, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Japan–Formosa Korea 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] Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private NAGAO Takashi of the 221st Airfield Battalion Maintenance Company 4th Platoon, who was captured on Goodenough Island on 6 April 1943. NAGAO, a 22 year old 1st Class Private from Okayama, was captured by Australian troops after he and his companions reached an island after the sinking of Kenbu Maru on 3 March During the interrogation, NAGAO provided information on the unit organisation, Army aircraft and their identification, landing crafts, and the situation in Japan. The appendices include a list of medals and colour patches and two sketch maps, one of Tonan Airfield in Korea and another in Rapopo. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:28 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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