| Item title: | JA148135 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/9) 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 6/9 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-384 (Serial no. 533) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 9 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 15/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | AERIAL OPERATIONS, AIR RAIDS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, WARSHIPS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 42nd Independent Motor Transport Bn |
| Names: | JA148135, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Sarmi [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Palau Island [Central Pacific, Caroline Islands] Chiba Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA148135 of the 42nd Independent Motor Transport Battalion, who was captured in the Sarmi area on 4 June 1944. JA148135, a 32 year old Superior Private from Chiba Prefecture, along with seven others, became separated from their retreating unit. While attempting to cross a large river in the Sarmi area on a raft the party was swept out to sea. After four days at sea the prisoner was picked up by an Allied patrol boat. During the interrogation, JA148135 provided information on the organisation of the 42nd Independent Motor Transport Battalion, ship markings, defences and garrisoned forces on Palau Island, and the damage caused by Allied air raids on Hollandia in April 1944. The appendix contains an organisational chart for the 42nd Independent Motor Transport Battalion. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:19 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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