| Item title: | CHIYA Haruyoshi 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-23 (Serial no. 31) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 6 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 20/12/1942 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | ARTILLERY, DIARIES AND JOURNALS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, LETTERS, TRAINING |
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| Japanese unit names: | 144th Infantry Regt 1st Bn Artillery Pl |
| Names: | CHIYA Haruyoshi, 1st Class Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Owen Stanley Range [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua] 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 CHIYA Haruyoshi of the 144th Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion Artillery Platoon, who was captured near Sambo on 26 November 1942. CHIYA, a 37 year old from Kochi, was abandoned by his unit due to leg trouble. CHIYA provided information on his unit's movement up to Wamai where they received orders to retreat. His platoon carried one gun to Wamai, but had to abandon it during the retreat. He provided information about artillery guns, transportation and training. CHIYA also stated that writing diaries and letters was prohibited while they were in New Guinea, and that writing material was confiscated before their departure from Rabaul. However, many soldiers secretly kept diaries. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:59 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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