| Item title: | JA145724 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-401 (Serial no. 551) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 9 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 24/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, CONSCRIPTION, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | 51st Division 102nd Infantry Regt 2nd Coy |
| Names: | JA145724, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Mito [Japan–Formosa, Honshû, Ibaraki Prefecture] Butubutu [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Fortification Point–Sio Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA145724 of the 51st Division, 102nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Company, who was captured at Butubutu by Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) troops and handed over to US troops on 20 February 1944. During the interrogation, JA145724 provided information on the Japanese system of conscription and the 1,000 prisoners of war at Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, whom he assumed to be Australian by their hats. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:32 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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