| Item title: | JA147852 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-410 (Serial no. 560) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 11 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| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |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 NAVY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MALARIA, PROPAGANDA, LEAFLET DROPPING, PRISONERS OF WAR, AIR RAIDS, RADAR, SUPPLIES AND TRANSPORT |
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| Japanese unit names: | 9th Fleet Yoshida Unit |
| Names: | JA147852, 2nd Class PO |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Kôchi Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Shikoku] Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Rabaul [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147852 of the 9th Fleet, Yoshida Unit, who was captured in Depapre, near Hollandia, on 13 May 1944. JA147852, a 25 year old 2nd Class Petty Officer (pay branch) from Kôchi Prefecture, became separated from his unit during the retreat from Hollandia and, after obtaining food from natives, was handed over to US troops. During the interrogation, JA147852 provided information on Allied prisoners of war in Rabaul in September 1942, the organisation and strength of the Yoshida Unit when at Hollandia, food and water supplies at Rabaul, his service experience, his attitude towards capture, his attitude towards the war, two propaganda leaflets he saw while in Rabaul, morale, detailed locations of facilities in Rabaul, incidence of malaria and other diseases, and the impact of Allied air raids on Rabaul in October 1943 and February 1944. The appendix contains a sketch map of Rabaul showing the location of various facilities and a diagram of a mobile radar apparatus. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:59 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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