Item title: | 51st Division tactical plan Lae-Salamaua areas |
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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-53 |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | 10 pages |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Instruction manual, Military order |
Item content | |
Creation date (d/m/y): | 4/11/1943 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, MILITARY ORDERS, MILITARY OPERATIONS, INTELLIGENCE, HOSPITALS, COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES |
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Japanese unit names: | 51st Div |
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Languages: | English |
Area: | Kamkamun [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area] Lae [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area] Markham Point [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area] Salamaua [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Mubo–Salamaua Area] |
Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Lae on 24 September 1943. This item contains a basic account of Japanese military objectives for the Lae-Salamaua Area in late April 1943 for the 51st Division. It also contains instructions on military classifications and dispositions, the duties of each district unit, combat orders, the accumulation of intelligence, communications and signalling, supplies and transport, and the establishment of a field hospital. The item also contains a "Distribution sketch of the 51st Division strength" as at 22 April 1943. |
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Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:00 AM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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