| Item title: | JA147214 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/9) 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 6/9 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-388 (Serial no. 537) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 13 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 15/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | PRISONERS OF WAR, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, RATIONING |
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| Japanese unit names: | 23rd Artillery Regt 8th Coy 51st Field Artillery Depot Regt |
| Names: | JA147214, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Wake Island [Central Pacific] Talasea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Kimbe Bay] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147214, a Superior Private with the 23rd Artillery Regiment, 8th Company, who was captured near Kometto (near Talesea) on 25 March 1944. JA147214 was weak from hunger when he was captured by natives and handed over to US Marines. During the interrogation, JA147214 provided information on the organisation of the 51st Field Artillery Depot Regiment, the conditions and treatment of US prisoners of war at Wake Island (working hours, pay, dress, rations, quarters, welfare, mail, sentries). |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:59 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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