| Item title: | JA147478 interrogation report |
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| 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 |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 6/8 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-340 (Serial no. 483) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 5 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 9/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | MERCHANT NAVY, MERCHANT SEAMEN, NAVAL OPERATIONS, SUPPLIES AND TRANSPORT, CARGO SHIPS |
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| Japanese unit names: | Kaishu Maru |
| Names: | JA147478, Boatswain (Merchant Marine) |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Manus Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands] Kôchi Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Shikoku] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Boatswain (Merchant Marine) JA147478 of Kaishu Maru, who was captured in Inrim Plantation (on Manus Island) on 25 April 1944. JA147478, a 34 year old Boatswain (Merchant Marine) from Kôchi Prefecture, was captured by US troops after his vessel, Kaishu Maru, was sunk by Allied aircraft off Manus Island. He was suffering from malaria and hunger. During the interrogation, JA147478 provided information on the specifications for various Japanese vessels, rations carried by Kaishu Maru and naval operations around Manus Island between 17 and 19 January 1944. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:19 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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