| Item title: | RIKO Chung 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-13 (Serial no. 17) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 14 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 9/11/1942 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTERROGATION, INTELLIGENCE, COLONIALISM, WORKFORCE |
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| Japanese unit names: | Nankai Maru |
| Names: | RIKO Chung (MATSUMOTO Kojun) |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Korea Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Kavieng [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Ireland] Milne Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for a labourer, RIKO Chung, who was captured in Milne Bay on 26 August 1942. RIKO was from Pusang and the first Korean prisoner of war captured. He arrived in Milne Bay with 300 other Koreans via Truk, Kavieng, and Rabaul. Nankai Maru was attacked on 26 August 1942, while unloading cargo. He ran into the mountains with six Koreans and eight Japanese soldiers and wandered there for about two months. After most of them died from fever, he returned to the coast with a Korean friend, where he was captured by local people. He was asked many questions, but did not know much outside of his group. However, he provided some information on rations and equipment. Appendix A covers various aspects RIKO being Korean. He stated that Koreans were organised into labour groups of 200 men and worked on constructing roads, bridges and on transporting goods. He talked about the situation in Korea, his attitudes towards the Japanese and working conditions. Sketches of the area around Eitoho, Kavieng, Rabaul, and RIKO's landing spot were included in appendices. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:41 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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