| Item title: | YOSHIMOTO Yoshinori interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/1) 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 6/1 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-22 (Serial no. 27) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 7 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 7/12/1942 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | 15th Independent Engineer Regt 3rd Coy 4th Pl 3rd Sect |
| Names: | YOSHIMOTO Yoshinori, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Buna Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] Kokoda Track [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private, YOSHIMOTO Yoshinori, of the 15th Independent Engineer Regiment 3rd Company 4th Platoon 3rd Section. YOSHIMOTO, an 18 year old private from Nara, surrendered to the Australians near Sambo sometime in August 1942 while suffering from malaria. YOSHIMOTO was accused of malingering and was beaten by an officer. He went into the jungle and walked towards the enemy lines where he surrendered. He provided information on his unit organisation, training, road construction on the Kokoda trail and equipment. He stated that he did not want to go back to Japan, but wanted to work for England and become a citizen of Australia. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:07:01 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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