| Item title: | Infantry field fortifications manual: part one |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/5) 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 5/5 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-50 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 72 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Published, Official |
| Category: | Administrative document, Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 23/10/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | MILITARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL, FORTIFICATIONS, CAMOUFLAGE AND CONCEALMENT, CONSTRUCTION, DEFENCE |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Tambu Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Mubo–Salamaua Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Roosevelt Ridge overlooking Tambu Bay on 14 August 1943. This item is part one of a manual issued by the Army Infantry School in Naka, Japan on infantry field fortifications and the "nature of fortifications and basic operations". It contains information on basic operations, camouflage and dummy work, anti-tank obstacles, wire entanglements, land mines, drainage, and the construction of shelters for weapons, ammunition, troops, communications and observation posts. This item also contains diagrams and photographs throughout. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:44 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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