| Item title: | OKINO Jiro 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-9 (Serial no. 10) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 10 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 14/10/1942 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MORALE, RATIONING |
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| Japanese unit names: | 144th Infantry Regt 2nd Bn |
| Names: | OKINO Jiro, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Kokoda Track [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] Buna Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for 1st Class Private OKINO Jiro of the 144th Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion, who was captured on the Kokoda Track between Iroibaiwa and Kokoda on 2 October 1942. OKINO, who was from Tokushima and grew up in Osaka, arrived in Rabaul as a part of the South Seas Force in January 1942. He was leader of a group of fifteen men with fifteen pack horses who had landed at Buna and started out for Kokoda. He reached Iroibaiwa, but was ordered to return. With little food and exhausted, he lagged behind his group and was captured while sleeping in a local hut before he reached Kokoda. OKINO provided detailed information on the transport arrangements with local carriers and horses. The report covers information on tanks, weapons, rations, and medical aspects of the campaign. In the area of troop morale, OKINO commented that the welfare of horses was considered by officers more important than that of the soldiers. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:37 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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