| Item title: | JA147775 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-402 (Serial no. 552) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 14 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 28/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | ANTI-AIRCRAFT, DEFENCES, BATTERIES - GUNS, ARTILLERY, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MILITARY TRAINING |
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| Japanese unit names: | 68th Independent Field Anti-aircraft Bn |
| Names: | JA147775, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Yokohama [Japan–Formosa, Honshû, Chiba Prefecture] Chiba [Japan–Formosa, Honshû, Chiba Prefecture] Hiratsuka [Japan–Formosa, Honshû, Kanagawa Prefecture] Tokyo [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Manokwari [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147775 of the 68th Independent Field Anti-aircraft Battalion, who, while weak from hunger, was taken by natives and handed over to US troops at Wari (Manokwari) on 9 May 1944. During the interrogation, JA147775 provided information on ammunition supplies at Hollandia, anti-aircraft training at Chiba and Hiratsuka, Allied prisoners of war at Tsurumi Dockyard (near Yokohama) and that new anti-aircraft regiments had been organised as a consequence of the Doolittle raids. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:19 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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