| Item title: | TERADA Kazuyoshi interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/1) 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 6/1 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-28 (Serial no. 40) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 10 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 30/1/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION |
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| Japanese unit names: | 41st Infantry Regt 2nd Coy 2nd Pl |
| Names: | TERADA Kazuyoshi, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Owen Stanley Range [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua] Giruwa [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area] Oivi [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda–Wairopi Area] Gona [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area] Kokoda Track [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private TERADA Kazuyoshi of the 41st (Yazawa) Infantry Regiment MIYAMOTO Battalion 2nd Coy Company (Kodera) Platoon (Seibu 60) who was captured in Gona on 7 December 1942. TERADA, a 25 year old from Hiroshima, was a member of a road construction unit and advanced as far as Kokoda. After retreating to Gona, he rejoined the 41st Regiment and left for Oivi. His company was retreating to Giruwa when he was captured by Australian soldiers. TERADA provided information on unit movement and organisation, and equipment. He also talked about general conditions in Japan, military brothels, attitudes towards war and towards other countries such as China. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:48 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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