| Item title: | TSUNO Keishin interrogation report |
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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-20 (Serial no. 25) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 7 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 3/12/1942 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, PRISONERS OF WAR, WEAPONS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 144th Infantry Regt 2nd Bn Artillery Pl |
| Names: | TSUNO Keishin, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Oivi [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda–Wairopi Area] Efogi [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Track] Kokoda Track [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Private TSUNO Keishin of the 144th Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion Artillery (Kawamura) Platoon, who was captured in Oivi on 9 November 1942. TSUNO, a 27 year old from Fukuoka, was an ammunition carrier. TSUNO stated that each battalion transported two "11th Year" (1922) type 70 mm guns, and also provided information on ammunition, equipment, and training. His platoon advanced to Efogi and then returned to Kokoda. He said his family would be notified as though he had died and that Japanese priosoners of war should be sent to China or some other country to settle after the war. He was told Australian soldiers would not disclose information of military nature after they were captured. He admired this attitude. He stated that he had guarded over 1,000 Australian priosoners of war in Rabaul, but that they had been sent to Japan before he left Rabaul in August. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:04:34 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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