| Item title: | KOIDO Rihei interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/3) 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 6/3 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-141 (Serial no. 220) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 19 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 9/8/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, TRAINING, MORALE, WEAPONS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 14th Field Artillery Regt HQ 3rd Bn Baggage Sect Oigawa Maru |
| Names: | KOIDO Rihei, Cpl |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Kabakaul [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] Japan–Formosa |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Corporal KOIDO Rihei of the 14th Field Artillery Regiment Headquarter 3rd Battalion Baggage Section, who was captured either 13 or 14 March 1943, after he and his companion had been clinging to a floating raft for ten or eleven days after the sinking of Oigawa Maru. KOIDO, a 27 year old Corporal from Gunma, lost the use of his legs after floating in the sea for many days without food or water before being captured by Australian troops. During the interrogation, KOIDO provided information on unit organisations from 1937 to 1943, equipment in his unit, training methods, and morale in Japan. A sketch map of the Kabakaul area is attached. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:47 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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