| Item title: | JA147476 supplementary interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/8) 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 6/8 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-337 (Serial no. 479) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 2 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 8/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | AIR RAIDS, AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MILITARY OPERATIONS, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | 2nd Air Signal Unit |
| Names: | JA147476, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Aichi Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Wewak [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private JA147476 of the 2nd Air Signal Unit, who was captured in Hollandia on 25 April 1944. JA147476, a 25 year old 1st Class Private from Aichi Prefecture, left hospital with the intention of rejoining his unit which had departed when Allied troops landed on 23 April 1944. He was discovered by US troops while asleep in a native hut and surrendered. During the interrogation, JA147476 provided information on his experience in Manchuria compared with the intensity of fighting in Wewak under heavy air attack, living conditions in Japan, attitude towards capture, and morale. He wished to stay in Australia after the war as he no longer felt he was Japanese. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:55 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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