| Item title: | JA147309 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| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |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 NAVY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, WAR - HOME FRONT, AIR RAIDS, CONSCRIPTION, MORALE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 88th Guard Unit |
| Names: | JA147309, 1st Class Seaman |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Manus Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands] Kavieng [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Ireland] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147309 of the 88th Guard Unit, who was captured on Manus Island by US troops on 27 March 1944. During the interrogation, JA147309 provided information on conscription and volunteering, Youth Schools, living conditions in Japan, his fear of bombing, the inexperience of his comrades in using weapons, and Allied air raids on Kavieng and Manus Island in December 1943 and 10 January 1944. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:31 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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