| Item title: | JA147104 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-380 (Serial no. 528) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 11 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 14/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | DOGS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, DISEASES, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | 53rd Infantry Regt 6th Coy |
| Names: | JA147104, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] China–Hong Kong Rabaul [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147104, a 1st Class Private with the 53rd Infantry Regiment, 6th Company, who was suffering from malaria when he was captured by US Marines at Talasea on 13 March 1944. During the interrogation, JA147104 provided information on the use of dogs (communications, tracking, scouting, landmine detection, guard duties, rescuing casualties), and their training, food, transportation and allocation among various Divisions. According to the prisoner, dogs were used in China but did not acclimatise to New Britain and were of little use. The report also mentions an Allied prisoner of war, supposedly dressed in Japanese clothing, at Rabaul on 20 October 1943. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:07:12 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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