| Item title: | BOMURA Akira suppplementary interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/4) 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 6/4 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-164 (Serial no. 287) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 37 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 17/11/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, COMMUNICATIONS, MORALE, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | Moridama Air Bde 208th Air Group 3rd Coy 1st Air Div 4th Air Div 5th Air Div |
| Names: | BOMURA Akira, Sgt Maj |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Lakunai [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] Kokopo [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Wau Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Sergeant Major BOMURA Akira of the Moridama Air Brigade 208th Air Group 3rd Company, who was captured in Tsilitsili near Wau on 20 August 1943. BOMURA, a 26 year old Sergeant Major from Kumamoto and wireless operator and gunner, was captured by Australian troops five days after his plane was shot down. He was the only survivor from the crash. Initially, he gave the false of as YOSHIDA Yoshio. BOMURA was interviewed several times by the investigators. During the interrogation, BOMURA provided a detailed personnel list of the 4th and 5th Air Division, performance of Japanese aircraft, communication equipment, social conditions in Japan, and his feelings about being captured. Organisation charts of 1st, 4th and 5th Air Divisions are attached as well as a sketch which illustrates trajectories of fire. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:17 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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