| Item title: | Combined 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-359 (Serial no. 506) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 15 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 8/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | AIRFIELDS, AIRPORTS, BOMBARDMENT, AIR RAIDS, NAVAL OPERATIONS, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, MILITARY PERSONNEL, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Names: | JA147316; JA147219; JA147329; JA145589; JA147304; JA147244; JA147122; JA147336; JA145756; JA147033; JA147135; JA147253; JA147194; JA147076; JA147172; JA147272; JA147081; JA147313; JA147266; JA147252; JA147255; JA147248 |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Saidor [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Sio–Bogadjim Area] New Britain [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] Manus Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) combined interrogation report for 22 Japanese prisoners of war, most captured in New Britain, between March and April 1944 and found not worth complete interrogation. The interrogations were conducted by student interrogators primarily for training purposes and the accuracy of the information was not verified. It contains information on ammunition, personnel strength, casualties, Allied prisoners of war, ship movements, Japanese naval losses, result of Allied bombardment of Pak Island (near Manus Island) by Allied warships, airports and airfields, results of Allied air raids and Japanese Army volunteers. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:39 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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