| Item title: | Documents related to Major Max Phillips |
| Title (romaji): | Makusu Firippusu Shôsa kanren bunsho |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (PR83/036) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial private records |
| AJRP series: | AWM Japanese language material |
| AJRP sub-series: | Miscellaneous Japanese language documents |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | PR83/036 |
| Inst. series: | Various |
| Inst. sub-series: | Various |
| Item: | PR83/036 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 24 pages, typed and handwritten in ink and pencil |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Private |
| Category: | Correspondence |
Item content | |
| Creation date range (d/m/y): | 9/11/1945 to 23/12/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | CORRESPONDENCE, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, PACIFIC WAR, SURRENDER, SWORDS, FLAGS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 32nd Division |
| Names: | ISHII Y., Lt Gen; KOSUGI E., Col; ABE Tadaichi; MATSUDA; Phillips, Maj Max |
| Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Area: | Halmahera [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), Moluccas (Maluku)] |
| Content: | This item is various documents given to or related to Major Max Phillips during his surveillance party duty on Halmahera Island after the surrender of the Japanese forces. They are: a letter in English from Lieutenant General ISHII, Commander of 32nd Division, to Phillips regarding a memorial national flag presented by ISHII; a letter in English from Colonel KOSUGI, Staff Officer from the 32nd Division, to Phillips regarding a memorial national flag presented by KOSUGI; a note written in Japanese regarding a spearhead presented to Phillips from KOSUGI; two English translations of the above note; two explanatory notes written in Japanese by ABE Tadaichi on a short sword forged by Kanemasa; an English translation of the above notes; an explanatory note written both in Japanese and English on a short sword forged by Kaneyoshi; an explanatory note written in English by MATSUDA on a sword; and a receipt for a sword, written by Phillips himself. |
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| Last modified: | 11/24/2005 12:17:44 PM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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