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Item title: Sketch map of Wareo, Bongo, Finschhafen area
Title (romaji): Tegaki chizu
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/4/6113)
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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
AJRP folder:
Location details
Institution: Australian War Memorial
Call number: AWM 82 1/4/6113
Inst. series: AWM 82
Inst. sub-series: 1/4/- Items registered by ATIS as "A" documents
Item: 1/4/6113
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 1 page, in pencil
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Map
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): ?/?/1943
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, MAPS
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:51st Division
Yamada Unit
Shôbu Bn
Takagi Bn
Names:
Languages: Japanese
Area:Bonga [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen Area]
Finschhafen [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen Area]
Content: This item is a sketch map of the area around Finschhafen. It is dated 1600 hours on the 14th and contains details of the location of Japanese units in the area. For example, there is reference to the 1st and 4th Field Hospitals of the 51st Division, to the Shôbu and Takagi Battalions, and to the Yamada Unit. This item appeared in Nov 1943 as ATIS Spot Report no. 165 (not attached).
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details
Title: Sketch map of Wareo, Bongo, Finschhafen area
ATIS number: 6113
Item status: Original document
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Names:
Names (kanji ):
Sender:
Sender (kanji):
Recipient:
Recipient (kanji):
Japanese unit names: 51st Division
Yamada Unit
Shôbu Bn
Takagi Bn
Japanese unit names (romaji):Yamada Butai, Shôbu Daitai, Takagi Daitai, Dai 51 Shidan
Japanese unit names (kanji)
Place of acquisition: Finschhafen
Date of acquisition:
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Last modified:03/05/2009 10:08:21 AM
Source:AJRP staff



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