| Item title: | JA147457 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-335 (Serial no. 477) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 7 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 8/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, NAVAL OPERATIONS, DEFENCES, SUPPLIES AND TRANSPORT, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | 6th Navigation Aid Unit Shin 11701 |
| Names: | JA147457, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Wakayama Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Wewak [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] Cape Pus [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area, Wewak] Muschu Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area, Wewak] Kure [Japan–Formosa, Honshû, Hiroshima Prefecture] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private JA147457 of the 6th Navigation Aid Unit, Shin 11701, who was captured in Humbolt Bay (near Hollandia) on 22 April 1944. JA147457, a 23 year old Superior Private from Atetsu, Wakayama Prefecture, surrendered to US troops after 16 members of his party were killed during landings near Hollandia. During the interrogation, JA147457 provided information on troop distribution within naval convoys, training and function of the Navigation Aid Unit, the location of Japanese defences and other facilitates at Wewak, Cape Pus, Muschu Island, Palau, Koror Island, Arakabesan Island, Babelthuap Island and Malakaul Island, and facilities information on naval production factories in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:07:08 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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