| Item title: | JA147121 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/7) 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 6/7 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-303 (Serial no. 442) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 9 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 30/5/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, COASTAL SHIPPING |
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| Japanese unit names: | 141st Infantry Regt 3rd Bn HQ |
| Names: | JA147121, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Japan–Formosa 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 JA147121 of the 141st Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion Headquarters, who was captured in Talasea on 13 March 1944. JA147121, a 23 year old 1st Class Private (Orderly) from Ehime Prefecture, was taking care of a medical officer who had contracted malaria and fell behind his unit during the retreat. He was captured by US Marines. During the interrogation, JA147121 provided information on unit organisation, movement, morale among the soldiers and shipping conditions in the Inland Sea. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:09 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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