| Item title: | Amount and condition of chemical warfare equipment, 51st Division |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/10) 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 5/10 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-122 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 53 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Administrative document, Military order |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 23/4/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | ANTI GAS PRECAUTIONS, CHEMICAL WARFARE, CLOTHING, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, MILITARY ADMINISTRATION, MILITARY TRAINING, SUPPLIES AND TRANSPORT |
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| Japanese unit names: | 51st Div |
| Names: | HONGO Tadao, Col Chief of Staff 51st Div |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Salamaua [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Mubo–Salamaua Area] Nassau Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Mubo–Salamaua Area] Finschhafen [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at on 14 December 1943 at "Headquarters Base D" (not identified in area lists). This item contains a report on the amount and condition of chemical warfare equipment held by units of the 51st Division between 15 June and 21 August 1943. It consists of reports supplied to the Chief of Staff Colonel HONGO Tadao by individual units of the 51st Division concerning: number and condition of gas masks, decontamination kits, condition of portable gas detectors, meteorological instruments, amount and condition of anti-gas clothing and equipment, and the education of chemical warfare personnel. In general, available equipment was in short supply and rapidly deteriorating. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:43 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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