Item title: | Map of Madang route to Port Moresby |
Title (romaji): | Madan -- Pôto Moresubi fukin chikeizu |
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Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500080) 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 B documents |
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Location details | |
Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
Call number: | AWM 82 1/2/500080 |
Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
Item: | 1/2/500080 |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | 1 sheet, hand-drawn mimeographed copy |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Map |
Item content | |
Creation date (d/m/y): | 15/05/1943 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, MAPS |
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Japanese unit names: | 51st Division |
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Languages: | Japanese |
Area: | Madang [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] Port Moresby [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Port Moresby Area] Sattelberg Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen Area] |
Content: | This item is a hand-drawn contour map of East Papua dated May 1943, and titled "Madang to Port Moresby." Rivers on the map are overdrawn in blue pencil, and some locations, including those in the title, are marked in red. At the bottom of the map is a legend for details such as private airstrips, field radio stations and harbours. This item was possibly used by the 51st Division prior to the Allied landing at Finschhafen in September 1943. It was captured at Sattelberg in November 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
Title: | Map of Madang route to Port Moresby |
ATIS number: | 500080 |
Item status: | Original document |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
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Japanese unit names: | 51st Division |
Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dai 51 Shidan |
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Place of acquisition: | |
Date of acquisition: | 11/22/1944 |
Other information | |
Notes: | Some of the place names mentioned in this document have not yet been entered in the AJRP Area Thesaurus |
Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:08:21 AM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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