| Item title: | JA147505 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-374 (Serial no. 522) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 7 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 1/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, PROPAGANDA, LEAFLETS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 51st Independent Anti-aircraft Regt 72nd Anti-aircraft Training Regt |
| Names: | JA147505, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Aitape [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] Formosa (Taiwan) [Japan–Formosa] Tokushima Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Shikoku] Palau Island [Central Pacific, Caroline Islands] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147505 of the 51st Independent Anti-aircraft Regiment, who was captured at Aitape on 21 April 1944. JA147505, a 34 year old 1st Class Private from Tokushima Prefecture, was weak from malaria when he became separated from his unit. While asleep in a native hut, he was captured by US troops. During the interrogation, JA147505 provided information on the importation of rice to Japan, the organisation of the 51st Independent Anti-aircraft Regiment and the Formosan 72nd Anti-aircraft Training Regiment, anti-aircraft dispositions at Taihoku (Formosa), his service experience, living conditions in Formosa, his wish that his captors had killed him, his response to Allied leaflet propaganda, morale, Japanese newspaper reports and an Allied submarine attack on a convoy en route to Palau on 30 December 1943. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:53 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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