| Item title: | Morse code mnemonic chart |
| Title (romaji): | Môrusu fugô kioku binhyô |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/4/3) 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 A documents |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM 82 1/4/3 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/4/- Items registered by ATIS as "A" documents |
| Item: | 1/4/3 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 folded card |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Published, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 5/6/1939 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | MILITARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL, MORSE SIGNALLING |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | Wireless Training Section |
| Names: | SHINTÔ Masajirô |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands) |
| Content: | This item consists of a mnemonic chart for Morse code published by Senryûdô in Tokyo in 1939. It contains instructions to Morse signallers, and a Morse conversion chart for the English alphabet and the Japanese syllablry. For example, the Japanese syllable "ha" is represented by dash-dot-dot-dot, with the mnemonic "harmonica" (pronounced haa-mo-ni-ka). This item would have been of immediate interest to the Allies, as indicated by its classification as an "A" document. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Morse code mnemonic chart |
| ATIS number: | |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Published, Official |
| Names: | SHINTÔ Masajirô |
| Names (kanji ): | |
| Sender: | |
| Sender (kanji): |  |
| Recipient: | |
| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | Wireless Training Section |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Musen Shûgyôhan |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | |
| Date of acquisition: | |
Other information | |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:05:53 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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