| Item title: | KASAHARA Hiroshi 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-46 (Serial no. 78) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 11 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 1/4/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MORALE, WEAPONS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 41st Infantry Regt 1st Bn 3rd Coy 1st Pl 2nd Sect |
| Names: | KASAHARA Hiroshi, Sgt |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Buna Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] Kumusi River [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Sergeant KASAHARA Hiroshi of the 41st Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion 3rd Company 1st Platoon 2nd Section, who was captured in the Kumusi River area on 7 January1943. KASAHARA, a 27 year old Sergeant from Hiroshima, was captured by local people while his group was gathering potatoes in the field. He was the section leader. During the interrogation, KASAHARA provided information on unit movements, organisation, weapons, and morale in Japan. He provided the pay scale from 2nd Class Private to Sergeant included in the report. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:50 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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