| Item title: | YOKOYAMA Yasuo interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/3) 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 6/3 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-116 (Serial no. 209) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 17 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 27/7/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, BOATS, MINESWEEPING |
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| Japanese unit names: | Matsukawa Unit Sasebo Special Naval Landing Party |
| Names: | YOKOYAMA Yasuo, SMN |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Kanagawa Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands) |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Leading Seaman YOKOYAMA Yasuo of the Matsukawa Unit, Sasebo Special Naval Landing Party, who was captured in Buna on 14 March 1943. YOKOYAMA, a 22 year old Leading Seaman from Miyazaki, was captured by US troops after he landed in the Buna area and hid in the jungle. During the interrogation, YOKOYAMA provided information on the unit organisation, movements of navy boats, minesweeping, sunken Japanese naval boats and some Japanese terminologies. He also drew a sketch map of Yokosuka. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:45 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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