| Item title: | Fortification manual, part 2 |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/24) 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 5/24 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-275 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 90 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Published, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 10/1/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | ANTI AIRCRAFT, DEFENCES, CAMOUFLAGE AND CONCEALMENT, AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS, BLACKOUTS, CONSTRUCTION, COASTAL DEFENCES, MILITARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL, FORTIFICATIONS |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Lae [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Lae on 22 September 1943 shortly after the fall of Lae and the Japanese retreat across the Finisterre Ranges. This item is a printed instruction book entitled "Fortification manual, part 2", published in 1942, publisher not stated. It includes instructions on land fortifications, gas defensive and protective installations, organisation of coastal fortifications, camouflage of airfields, principles of civilian air defence, underground passages, anti-aircraft installations. The item contains many sketches, diagrams and drawings. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:10 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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