| Item title: | JA145535 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/4) 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 6/4 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-190 (Serial no. 289) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 45 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 15/11/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, JAPANESE TANKS, TORPEDOES, GRENADES, CHEMICAL WARFARE, BOATS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 51st Field Engineer Regt |
| Names: | JA145535, Sgt Maj |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Japan–Formosa Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Kabakaul [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] Cape Nelson [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua] Tufi [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Cape Nelson] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Sergeant Major JA145535 of the 51st Field Engineer Regiment, who was captured in Tufi on 8 April 1943. JA145535, a 27 year old Sergeant Major from Ibaraki, was exhausted and unarmed when he was captured by Australian troops. He evacuated Shin-ai Maru after it was attacked and drifted on a boat until it reached shore at Cape Nelson. During the interrogation, JA145535 provided extensive information on military organisations, military practice, land mines, torpedoes, grenades, and poison gas. Sketches of a tankette and collapsible boat are included in the report as well as a sketch map of Kabakaul. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:30 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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