| Item title: | Letters from the 8th Military District |
| Title (romaji): | Dai 8 Gunkanku ate shokan |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 2/317) 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: | Post-surrender Rabaul material received from HQ 8 Military District |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM 82 2/317 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 2/- Post-surrender material received from HQ 8 Military District (Rabaul) |
| Item: | 2/317 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 3 pages, typed carbon copy and handwritten in pencil |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Administrative document |
Item content | |
| Creation date range (d/m/y): | 4/4/1946 to 6/4/1946 |
| Conflict code: | Post-war (related to WW2) |
| Keywords: | DENTAL HEALTH, REPATRIATION |
| Australian unit names: | 8th Military District |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | South East Area Army |
| Names: | FUNAYAMA Sadaharu, Maj Gen; SAITÔ Eishô, Rear-Adm; KUSAKA Jin'ichi, Vice Adm; TAKEUCHI Isamu, Cpl |
| Sender: | Chief of Staff, South East Area Army |
| Recipient: | Chief of Staff, 8th Military District |
| Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Area: | Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] |
| Content: | This item consists of two letters (in English) from the Chief of Staff of the South East Area Army to his counterpart in the 8th Military District. A draft of one of the letters (in Japanese) is attached. In the letter dated 4 April 1946, the sender asks for permission to repatriate Corporal TAKEUCHI Isamu to Japan. TAKEUCHI was then in Rabaul as an attendant to Lieutenant General KANDA, Commander-in-Chief of the 17th Army, who had been summoned to Rabaul by the Australian forces. The other letter dated 6 April 1946 requests dental treatment for Major General FUNAYAMA and Rear-Admirals SAITÔ and KUSAKA. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Letters from the 8th Military District |
| ATIS number: | |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | FUNAYAMA Sadaharu, Maj Gen; SAITÔ Eishô, Rear-Adm; KUSAKA Jin'ichi, Vice Adm; TAKEUCHI Isamu, Cpl |
| Names (kanji ): | |
| Sender: | Chief of Staff, South East Area Army |
| Sender (kanji): | |
| Recipient: | Chief of Staff, 8th Military District |
| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | South East Area Army |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Nantô Hômengun |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Rabaul Area |
| Date of acquisition: | |
Other information | |
| Notes: | |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:07:06 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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