| Item title: | JA145754 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/9) 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 6/9 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-389 (Serial no. 538) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 10 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 15/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INDUSTRY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, PRISONERS OF WAR, POSTAL SERVICES |
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| Japanese unit names: | 20th Division 80th Infantry Regt |
| Names: | JA145754, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Finschhafen [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen Area] Singorkai [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Sio–Bogadjim Area] Seoul [Korea] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA145754, a Superior Private with 20th Division, 80th Infantry Regiment, who was captured near Singorkai on 20 March 1944. JA145754 was ill with malaria and was left behind during the withdrawal from Finschhafen. He was captured by natives and handed over to Australian troops. During the interrogation, JA145754 provided information on volunteers in the Japanese Army, training, mail distribution, numbers of Allied prisoners of war in a camp near Keijo and Jinsen, gold production and gold mines. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:00 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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