| Item title: | Orders for the Madang Line Of Communication and the 41st Division |
| Title (romaji): | Heitan meirei, 41 Shidan meirei |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500343) 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 1/2/500343 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/500343 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 4 pages, entries in ink |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Military order |
Item content | |
| Creation date range (d/m/y): | 20/2/1944 to 02/03/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS, MILITARY OPERATIONS, MILITARY ORDERS |
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| Japanese unit names: | Madang Line of Communication Guard Unit 39th Independent Motor Car Bn 4th Coy 27th Field Automobile Depot 41st Division 239th Infantry Regt 41st Division 41st Mountain Artillery Regt 41st Division 41st Engineer Regt |
| Names: | NAKAMURA, Lt Col; TASAKI, 2nd Lt; OKIMOTO, Capt. |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Madang [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] Alexishafen [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] Hansa Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
| Content: | This item is a set of instructions issued in February 1944, concerning the deployment of troops and equipment by the 41st Division in the Madang area. It delegates transport, engineering and guard duties to the relevant units of the division, and includes a table indicating troop numbers and their transport arrangements. There are some small, hand-drawn maps indicating river crossing points, and at the back of the instructions is an order relieving 2nd Lt TASAKI of his duties as a platoon commander in the 41st Division Infantry, and transferring him to the independent Motor Car Battalion. This item was captured at Hansa Bay in July 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Orders for the Madang Line Of Communication and the 41st Division |
| ATIS number: | 500343 |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | NAKAMURA, Lt Col; TASAKI, 2nd Lt; OKIMOTO, Capt. |
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| Japanese unit names: | Madang Line of Communication Guard Unit 39th Independent Motor Car Bn 4th Coy 27th Field Automobile Depot 41st Division 239th Infantry Regt 41st Division 41st Mountain Artillery Regt 41st Division 41st Engineer Regt |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Madang Heitan Chiku Keibitai Dokuritsu Jidôsha Dai 39 Daitai Dai 27 Yasen Jidôshashô Dai 41 Shidan Hohei Dai 239 Rentai Dai 41 Shidan Sampôhei Dai 41 Rentai Dai 41 Shidan Kôhei Dai 41 Rentai |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Hansa Bay |
| Date of acquisition: | 07/10/1944 |
Other information | |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:06:44 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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