| Item title: | Transport route map of the Vitiaz Strait Coastline |
| Title (romaji): | Bichiazu Kaikyô kaigan fukin dôrô kôtei yôzu |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500089) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | AWM 82 captured Japanese documents |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS material registered as B documents |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM 82 1/2/500089 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/500089 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 page, hand-drawn map in coloured pencil |
| Access: | Open subject to condition |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Map |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | ?/?/c1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, MAPS |
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| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Bismarck Sea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] Vitiaz Strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Bismarck Sea] Anamo [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
| Content: | This item is a hand-drawn map of the Huon Peninsula coastline in the Vitiaz Strait area, from Bang to Cati. It shows roads and transport routes from the coast inland to locations such as Matok, Wanuk and Torunge, shown as red dotted lines. While there are comments written in Japanese at various locations on the map, concerning issues such as the availability of supplies, most of the place names are written in English, with only a few rendered in Japanese phonetic characters. Symbols marked in red at various locations on the map, some with a question mark in front, could refer to the whereabouts of enemy troops. This item was captured at Anamo in July 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Transport route map of the Vitiaz Strait Coastline |
| ATIS number: | 500089 |
| Item status: | Photocopy - original document repatriated |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
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| Place of acquisition: | Anamo |
| Date of acquisition: | 07/20/1944 |
Other information | |
| Notes: | Some of the place names mentioned in this document have note yet been added to the AJRP Area Thesaurus |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:08:46 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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