| Item title: | JA147446 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-334 (Serial no. 476) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 5 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 7/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | DESTROYERS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, NAVAL OPERATIONS, AIR RAIDS, SUPPLIES AND TRANSPORT |
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| Japanese unit names: | 81st Garrison Unit DD Mochizuki |
| Names: | JA147446, Superior Seaman |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Saga Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Kyûshû] New Britain [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] Jacquinot Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Jacquinot Bay Area] Shortland Islands [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Solomon Islands] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Seaman (Fireman) JA147446 of the 81st Garrison Unit (posted to DD Mochizuki in February 1943), who was captured by natives near Jacquinot Bay and turned over to a US landing force on 21 April 1944. JA147446, a 20 year old Superior Seaman from Saga Prefecture, provided information on the specification and movements of DD Mochizuki, convoys between Rabaul, Jacquinot Bay and the Shortland Islands, anti-aircraft defences at Jacquinot Bay and damage to the DD Mochizuki by Allied bombing in August 1943. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:52 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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