| Item title: | JA148091 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-383 (Serial no. 532) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 7 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 13/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, RATIONING, ANTI-AIRCRAFT, DEFENCES, PROPAGANDA, LEAFLET DROPPING, RADIO BROADCASTING, MORALE, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | 27th Special Base Unit DD Yugiri 85th Garrison Unit |
| Names: | JA148091, 2nd Class PO |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Hiroshima Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Kairiru Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area, Wewak] Muschu Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area, Wewak] Rabaul [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA148091 of the 27th Special Base Unit, who was captured at Demta (50 kms west of Hollandia) on 26 May 1944. JA148091, a 23 year old 2nd Class Petty Officer from Hiroshima Prefecture, was captured by US troops while retreating from Hollandia. During the interrogation, JA148091 provided information on morale among the Japanese people, rationing in Japan, responses to Allied leaflet propaganda and musical broadcasts, the location of Allied prisoners of war in Rabaul in October 1943, the organisation of the 27th Special Base Unit, the equipment and armament of the 85th Garrison Unit and air defences on Kairiru Island. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:22 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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