| Item title: | Explosives: chemical warfare detectors and decontamination equipment |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/18) 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 enemy publications |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 5/18 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-196 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 21 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Administrative document, Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 30/9/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | ANTI GAS PRECAUTIONS, CHEMICAL WARFARE, AMMUNITION, MILITARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL, TECHNICAL MANUALS |
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| Japanese unit names: | Unit 1-2 Army Ordnance School |
| Names: | TANAKA Yoshitsugu, Reserve Officer Candidate |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Hollandia (Jayapura) on 2 May 1944 during the Allied attacks of Japanese positions in northern Dutch New Guinea, which were intended to isolate the 18th Army at Wewak. This item is an extract from a manual entitled "Ammunition and chemical warfare weapons", owned by TANAKA Yoshitsugu, Reserve Officer Candidate, Unit 1-2, Army Ordnance School. It contains information on the characterisitcs of various explosives, detection devices, gas masks and protective clothing ,and decontamination equipment. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:38 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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