Item title: | Draft war diary |
Title (romaji): | Jinchû nisshi sôan |
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Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500034) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
AJRP series: | AWM 82 captured Japanese documents |
AJRP sub-series: | ATIS material registered as B documents |
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Location details | |
Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
Call number: | AWM 82 1/2/500034 |
Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
Item: | 1/2/500034 |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 80 pages with entries in pencil |
Access: | Open subject to condition |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Official diary |
Item content | |
Creation date range (d/m/y): | 11/01/1944 to 13/03/1944 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES, TRANSPORT, FOOD SUPPLY |
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Japanese unit names: | 36th Division 222nd Infantry Regt 27th Field Freight Depot |
Names: | TAKASAKI, 2nd Lt |
Languages: | Japanese |
Area: | Madang [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] Gum River [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] Amele [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] Erima [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
Content: | This item is a set of draft notes for a war diary for the months of January to February 1944, recording the activities of an unnamed transport unit, probably belonging to the 222nd Infantry Regiment, while stationed in the Madang region. It contains orders and reports concerning the transport of food and medicine supplies between Madang, Amele, and Erima, by land and boat using the Gum River. There are numerous lists of food and medicine supplies, details of sick and injured soldiers, and notes regarding road maintenance and patrol operations. This item was captured at Madang in 1944 |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
Title: | Draft war diary |
ATIS number: | 500034 |
Item status: | Photocopy - original document repatriated |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Names: | TAKASAKI, 2nd Lt |
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Japanese unit names: | 36th Division 222nd Infantry Regt 27th Field Freight Depot |
Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dai 36 Shidan Dai 222 Rentai; Dai 27 Yasen Kashô |
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Place of acquisition: | Madang |
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Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:06:26 AM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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