| Item title: | JA147449 supplementary interrogation report |
| Title (kanji) |  |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/8) 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 |
| AJRP folder: | |
Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 6/8 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-356 (Serial no. 501) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 3 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 21/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, INTERROGATION, INTELLIGENCE, SERVICE LIFE, NATIVES, PRISONERS OF WAR, PROPAGANDA, WAR, WAR - HOME FRONT |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | 2nd Transport Unit |
| Names: | JA147449, 2nd Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Nagasaki Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Kyûshû] Jacquinot Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Jacquinot Bay Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147449 of the 2nd Transport Unit, who was captured at Jacquinot Bay on 23 April 1944. JA147449, a 35 year old 2nd Class Private from Nagasaki Prefecture, was captured after the landing craft in which he was travelling was fired on and set afire by natives while attempting to land at Jacquinot Bay. He reached the shore and hid in the jungle overnight. He was discovered while foraging for food and was handed over to US Marines. During the interrogation, JA147449 explained that after a period of readjustment he came to like life in the Japanese Navy, that living conditions in Japan had deteriorated markedly, that he had received three letters from his wife and mother while stationed in Rabaul, that he preferred to leave the direction of his post-war life up to fate but he did not wish to tell his wife he was a prisoner of war because her friends would consider her a disgrace, that he did not admire the Germans in particular but had read Mein Kampf only because he thought all Japanese should, and that he thought the style of Allied propaganda was good but viewed it with considerable distrust. |
| |
| |
Other information | |
| Notes: | |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:11 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
The AJRP has wound up its activities at the Memorial for the moment. Please contact the relevant officer of the Australian War Memorial for assistance. Internet implementation by Fulton Technology and AJRP staff . Visit the Australian War Memorial home page. |