| Item title: | JA147072 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/6) 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 6/6 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-286 (Serial no. 422) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 14 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 6/5/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, WEAPONS, FOOD SUPPLY, MEDICAL SERVICES |
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| Japanese unit names: | 23rd Field Artillery Regt |
| Names: | JA147072, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | New Britain [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] Tuluvu [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Hyôgo Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private JA147072 of the 23rd Field Artillery Regiment, who was captured in Karai-ai on 24 February 1944. JA147072, a 24 year old Superior Private from Hyôgo, was ill with malaria and had dropped out of the retreat towards Iboki when he was captured by US troops. He was naked when he was captured. During the interrogation, JA147072 provided information on unit organisation, movement, and artillery guns. He told of a rumour of an invasion plan of Australia in 1944, and the killing of Japanese wounded and sick by Japanese instead of evacuation. He expressed frustration at fighting against the Allied landing when food and weapons were lacking. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:10 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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