| Item title: | JA147727 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-366 (Serial no. 513) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 7 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 1/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, GUERILLA OPERATIONS, WATER TRANSPORT, MORALE, LABOUR, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | 4th Sea Transport Bn 45th Sea Duty Force |
| Names: | JA147727, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Manokwari [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Philippines Japan–Formosa Shimane Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147727 of the 4th Sea Transport Battalion, who was captured at Wari (Manokwari) on 4 May 1944. JA147727, a 34 year old Superior Private from Shimane Prefecture, was captured by natives and handed over to US troops. During the interrogation, JA147727 provided information on the organisation (including charts) of the 4th Sea Transport Battalion and the 45th Sea Duty Force, rumours of guerrilla activity in remote parts of the Philippines, the movement of American prisoners of war from the Philippines to Japan, morale of Filippino workers employed by the Japanese, and shipping movements. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:39 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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