| Item title: | Consolidated interrogation report no. 1 |
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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-8 (Serial no. 9) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 5 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 28/9/1942 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | DESTROYERS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION |
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| Japanese unit names: | Yayoi |
| Names: | TSUDA Akira; TAKIKI Hisao; UCHINO Toshiro; HIKIURA Shomi; HAMANAKA Haruo; INOUE Toyotaka; FUJITA Shigeshi; OMINE Yoshimasa |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Milne Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua] Normanby Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands] Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Nagasaki Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Kyûshû] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) consolidated report of interrogations of eight Japanese prisoners of war who were captured on Normanby Island on 23 September 1942. All of them were crew of Yayoi which was sunk on the way to Rabi. The report summarises the movements of the destroyer, from the time it left Sasebo in October 1940 till it was sunk on 11 September 1942. After the sinking, survivors landed on Normanby Island. The report provides information on various aspects of the Japanese military, such as naval capability, equipment on board, army movement, and training. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:07 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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