| Item title: | TAMURA Hiroshi interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/2) 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 6/2 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-70 (Serial no. 120) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 7 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 3/5/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, RADIO TRANSMITTERS, RADIO COMMUNICATION |
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| Japanese unit names: | 44th Infantry Regt Headquarters Signals |
| Names: | TAMURA Hiroshi, LCpl |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Owen Stanley Range [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua] 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 Lance Corporal TAMURA Hiroshi of the 44th Infantry Regiment Headquarters Signals Unit, who was captured in Giruwa on 24 January 1943. TAMURA, a 25 year old Lance Corporal from Kochi, was ill with malaria when he was captured by US troops. TAMURA was security conscious and did not answer questions which were of military importance. During the interrogation, TAMURA provided information on wireless equipment his unit used, and communication systems. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:54 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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