| Item title: | Arrival of POWs from Lae |
| Title (romaji): | Rae yori tôchakuseru furyo ni kansuru ken |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 2/290) 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: | Post-surrender Rabaul material received from HQ 8 Military District |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM 82 2/290 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 2/- Post-surrender material received from HQ 8 Military District (Rabaul) |
| Item: | 2/290 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 4 pages, handwritten in pencil |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Administrative document |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 16/2/1946 |
| Conflict code: | Post-war (related to WW2) |
| Keywords: | PRISONERS OF WAR |
| Australian unit names: | 11th Division |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | South East Area Army |
| Names: | KATÔ Rinpei, Lt Gen |
| Sender: | KATÔ Rinpei, Lt Gen |
| Recipient: | Commander, 11th Division |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Lae [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area] |
| Content: | This item is a draft of a letter from Lieutenant General KATÔ to the Commander of the 11th Division regarding the arrival of Japanese POWs from Lae. A total of 442 POWs arrived in Rabaul on 17 February 1946, including 423 Japanese, 12 Korean, five Indonesian and two Formosan nationals. Japanese POWs were to be evenly distributed to Japanese camps in the Rabaul area, while foreign workers were to be attached to the Kokopo (11th) Camp. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Arrival of POWs from Lae |
| ATIS number: | |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | KATÔ Rinpei, Lt Gen |
| Names (kanji ): | |
| Sender: | KATÔ Rinpei, Lt Gen |
| Sender (kanji): | |
| Recipient: | Commander, 11th Division |
| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | South East Area Army |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Nantô Hômengun |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Rabaul Area |
| Date of acquisition: | |
Other information | |
| Notes: | |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:06:34 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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