| Item title: | KUMAGAE Shigehisa interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/1) 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 6/1 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-37 (Serial no. 55) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 11 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 28/2/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, FOOD RATIONS AND RATIONING, MORALE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 41st Infantry Regt 1st Bn 2nd Coy 3rd Pl 3rd Sect |
| Names: | KUMAGAE Shigehisa, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Buna Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] Gona [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private KUMAGAE Shigehisa of the 41st Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion 2nd Company 3rd Platoon 3rd Section, who was captured near Gona on 10 December 1942. KUMAGAE, a 31 year old 1st Class Private from Hiroshima, was a trained agricultural technician before he was conscripted. He and his two companions were captured by Australian troops when they were too weak to resist due to privations during the past 30 days. During the interrogation, KUMAGAE provided information on the unit organisation and movements, and morale. He also commented that the rations were very meagre and that he and his companions did not eat any rice for 20 days before their capture. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:43 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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