| Item title: | South Seas Force operation orders, 2 October - 7 November 1942 |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/3) 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 5/3 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-39 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 25 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Battle report, Information report, Military order |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 1/9/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, MILITARY ORDERS, JUNGLE WARFARE, WAR EVACUATION, TRANSPORT, AUSTRALIAN ARMY |
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| Japanese unit names: | South Seas Force |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Oivi [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda–Wairopi Area] Ilimo [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda–Wairopi Area] Gorari [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda–Wairopi Area] Giruwa [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area] Sanananda [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured in the Sanananda area on 22 January 1943. This item contains operational orders, transport regulations, observations about enemy movements and tactics for operations on the Kokoda Track between 2 October and 7 November 1942. It also contains orders and bulletins relating to the Japanese withdrawal following Allied counter-offensives in early November and the encirclement of the Oivi-Gorari stronghold in the Owen Stanley Ranges. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:50 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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