| Item title: | DEBA Tokimi interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/3) 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 6/3 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-137 (Serial no. 216) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 8 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 6/8/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MORALE, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | 41st Infantry Regtal HQ |
| Names: | DEBA Tokimi, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Japan–Formosa Buna Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] Giruwa [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private DEBA Tokimi of the 41st Infantry Regimental Headquarters, who was captured in Giruwa on 2 April 1943. DEBA, a 25 year old Superior Private from Hiroshima, was wounded and fled into the jungle in January 1943. He survived in the jungle with whatever he could eat and later with canned food left by US troops until he was captured by local people. During the interrogation, DEBA provided information on the unit organisation, conditions in Japan, and attitudes towards capture. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:27 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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