| Item title: | JA145585 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/4) 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 6/4 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-189 (Serial no. 288) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 13 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 11/11/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, PRISONERS OF WAR, LEAFLET DROPPING |
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| Japanese unit names: | 78th Infantry Regt 3rd Bn 9th Coy HQ Sect |
| Names: | JA145585, 2nd Class Sgt |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Japan–Formosa Lae–Markham River Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula] Kaiapit [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 2nd Class Sergeant JA145585 of the 78th Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion 9th Company Headquarters Section, who was captured in Wampua (3 km southwest of Kaiapit) on 15 November 1943. JA145585, a 31 year old 2nd Class Sergeant from Osaka, was captured by local police while he was sleeping in a hut. He was acting as runner between the Company Headquarters and Platoons, but the Headquarters had evacuated when he returned. During the interrogation, JA145585 provided information on his unit organisation, his sentiment towards being captured, war and on Allied propaganda leaflets. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:07:10 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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