Item title: | War diary for the 222nd Infantry Regt Infantry Gun Det |
Title (romaji): | Hohei Dai 222 Rentai Hohei Hôchûtai jinchû nisshi |
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Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500015) 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 1/2/500015 |
Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
Item: | 1/2/500015 |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 70 pages with entries in ink and carbon copy |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Official diary |
Item content | |
Creation date range (d/m/y): | 01/10/1943 to 31/10/1943 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES, HORSES |
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Japanese unit names: | 36th Division 222nd Infantry Regt Infantry Gun Det 47th Division 131st Infantry Regt |
Names: | SASAKI, Lt; SUZUKI, Capt; TAKEDA, Capt; CHIBA, WO |
Languages: | Japanese |
Area: | Qinyuen [China–Hong Kong, Shanxi] Qinxian [China–Hong Kong, Shanxi] Hansa Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
Content: | This item is an official diary for the month of October 1943, recording the activities of the 222nd Infantry Regiment Infantry Gun Detachment, while stationed at Qinyuen in Shanxi, China. It contains a list of unit members and their ranks, as well as daily orders and reports concerning unit activities and duties such as maintenance of unit horses, riding practice, fodder collection, maintenance of barrack stables, surveillance and local patrol duties, and the receipt and transport of weapons. The diary also mentions preparations for the transferral of some unit members to the 131st Infantry Regiment. It was captured at Hansa Bay in July 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
Title: | War diary for the 222nd Infantry Regt Infantry Gun Det |
ATIS number: | 500015 |
Item status: | Original document |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Names: | SASAKI, Lt; SUZUKI, Capt; TAKEDA, Capt; CHIBA, WO |
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Japanese unit names: | 36th Division 222nd Infantry Regt Infantry Gun Det 47th Division 131st Infantry Regt |
Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dai 36 Shidan Hohei Dai 222 Rentai Hohei Hôchûtai ; Dai 47 Shidan Dai 131 Rentai |
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Place of acquisition: | Hansa Bay |
Date of acquisition: | 07/29/1944 |
Other information | |
Notes: | This item is fragile |
Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:07:55 AM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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