| Item title: | KUNISAWA Yuki 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-38 (Serial no. 56 ) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 13 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 4/3/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, PRISONERS OF WAR, MORALE, UNIFORMS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 144th Infantry Regt 3rd Bn 8th Coy 1st Pl 2nd Sect |
| Names: | KUNISAWA Yuki, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Guam [Central Pacific, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati)] Owen Stanley Range [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua] Papaki [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda–Wairopi Area] Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private KUNISAWA Yuki of the 144th Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion 8th Company 1st Platoon 2nd Section, who was captured in Papaki either on 17 or 18 November 1942. KUNISAWA, a 27 year old 1st Class Private from Kôchi, was wounded in the hand and lost contact with his unit during his retreat from Kokoda. During the interrogation, KUNISAWA provided information on the unit's organisation and movements as well as a detailed description of uniform issues and training schedule. He also discussed the morale of the Japanese people and soldiers and conceded that the New Guinea campaign was a failure for the Japanese Army. He mentioned that American prisoners of war were taken at Guam and saw 30 to 40 prisoners of war in Rabaul. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:07 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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