| Item title: | Notification regarding enshrining of personnel from Nichiryu Maru |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/5) 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 5/5 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-54 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 16 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Administrative document, Information report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 5/11/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, JAPANESE AWARDS AND MEDALS, NAVAL OPERATIONS, MILITARY REGULATIONS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 51st Div 102nd Infantry Regt |
| Names: | HONGO Tadao Chief of Staff; MARUOKA Kohei, Cdr |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Nassau Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Mubo–Salamaua Area] Lae [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area] New Britain [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Cape Dinga near Nassau Bay on 15 July 1943 during the Japanese retreat from campaigns in the Owen Stanley Ranges. This item contains instructions from 51st Divison Chief of Staff, HONGO Tadao, to 102nd Infantry Regiment Commander, MARUOKA Kohei, regarding the deification of persons lost in the sinking of the transport vessel Nichiryu Maru, which was sunk enroute from New Britain to Lae on 7 January 1943. The document contains regulations regarding the handling of missing persons, the confirmation of court ranks and decorations, and a brief account of the sinking. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:33 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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