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Item title: ISHIHARA Mayayoshi interrogation report
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/3)
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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-118 (Serial no. 191)
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 10 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Item type: Unpublished, Official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, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, ANTI AIRCRAFT, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, CREMATION
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:50th Independent Anti-Aircraft Bn 1st Coy 2nd Pl
Shinai Maru
Names: ISHIHARA Mayayoshi, Sgt
Languages: English
Area:Rabaul Area [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 Sergeant ISHIHARA Mayayoshi of the 50th Independent Anti-Aircraft Battalion 1st Company 2nd Platoon, who was captured on Goodenough Island on 9 March 1943. ISHIHARA, a 28 year old Sergeant from Aichi, was captured by Australian troops when he and his companions reached Goodenough Island after the sinking of Shinai Maru on 3 March. During the interrogation, ISHIHARA provided information on the unit organisation, anti-aircraft guns, aircraft, defences in Rabaul, and returning of the ashes of dead soldiers.
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