| Item title: | JA147123 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-349 (Serial no. 494) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 8 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 16/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, AIR RAIDS, AIRCRAFT SPOTTING, ANTI-AIRCRAFT |
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| Japanese unit names: | 4th Air Intelligence Unit |
| Names: | JA147123, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Talasea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Kimbe Bay] Rabaul [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] Tuluvu [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Kyoto Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147123 of the 4th Air Intelligence Unit, who was captured at Talasea on 13 March 1944. JA147123, a 24 year old 1st Class Private (airplane spotter) from Kyoto, bunked in native huts after arriving at the foot of the peninsula at Talasea. He was captured by US troops when the hut was shelled during their landing. JA147123 was wounded and captured without resistance. During the interrogation, he provided information on the organisation of the 4th Air Intelligence Unit (including charts) , casualties suffered by his platoon, Japanese methods of identifying Allied aircraft at Tsurubu (Tuluvu) and results of Allied air raids on Tsurubu and Rabaul on 16 and 17 February 1943. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:29 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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