Item title: | Requests regarding the repatriation of the Japanese forces |
Title (romaji): | Nihongun no henkan ni tsuite |
Title (kanji) | |
Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 2/249) 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 2/249 |
Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
Inst. sub-series: | 2/- Post-surrender material received from HQ 8 Military District (Rabaul) |
Item: | 2/249 |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | 26 pages, typed and carbon copy |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Administrative document |
Item content | |
Creation date (d/m/y): | 2/4/1946 |
Conflict code: | Post-war (related to WW2) |
Keywords: | REPATRIATION, CAMPS |
Australian unit names: | 11th Division |
Allied unit names: | |
Japanese unit names: | South East Area Army Minamizaki (3rd) Group Talili (12th) Group |
Names: | IMAMURA Hitoshi, Gen |
Sender: | IMAMURA Hitoshi, Gen |
Recipient: | Commander-in-Chief, 8th Military District |
Languages: | English, Japanese |
Area: | Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] |
Content: | This item is a letter from General IMAMURA to the Commander-in-Chief of the 8th Army regarding the procedures for repatriating Japanese servicemen from the Rabaul area. Matters discussed include the transfer of personnel between the Japanese camps in preparation for repatriation and its effect on the existing self-sufficiency system, prohibition of communication between the Minamizaki (3rd) and Talili (12th) Groups prior to the repatriation of the Minamizaki Group, transport of luggage from camps to the wharf, possibility of shipping used farming tools to Japan, transfer of inpatients of the 103rd Field Hospital and war crimes trials. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
Title: | Requests regarding the repatriation of the Japanese forces |
ATIS number: | |
Item status: | Original document |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Names: | IMAMURA Hitoshi, Gen |
Names (kanji ): | |
Sender: | IMAMURA Hitoshi, Gen |
Sender (kanji): | |
Recipient: | Commander-in-Chief, 8th Military District |
Recipient (kanji): | |
Japanese unit names: | South East Area Army Minamizaki (3rd) Group Talili (12th) Group |
Japanese unit names (romaji): | Nantô Hômengun |
Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
Place of acquisition: | Rabaul Area |
Date of acquisition: | |
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Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:05:43 AM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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