| Item title: | Portable gas detectors and table of gases |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/17) 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 5/17 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-189 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 13 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 18/9/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | CHEMICAL WARFARE, TECHNICAL MANUALS |
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| Names: | MACHIDA, Tsune |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Nambariwa [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Fortification Point–Sio Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Namariwa on 14 January 1944 during the Huon Peninsula campaigns. This item is an instruction manual on a device used to detect gas and contaminated materials, including handling methods, maintenance and charts showing types and properties of gases. This document was most likely brought to New Guinea from a unit serving in China or the Philippines where chemical weapons were employed. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:07 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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