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Item title: Nominal roll and orders for the 61st Anti-aircraft Gun Bn
Title (romaji): Yasen Kôshahô Dai 61 Daitai meirei/meibo
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500342)
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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 B documents
AJRP folder:
Location details
Institution: Australian War Memorial
Call number: AWM 82 1/2/500342
Inst. series: AWM 82
Inst. sub-series: 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents
Item: 1/2/500342
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 3 pages, carbon copy on printed form
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Military order, Personnel list
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): 26/01/c1943
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, MILITARY OPERATIONS, MILITARY ORDERS, AERIAL OPERATIONS
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:6th Flight Division
61st Field Anti-aircraft Artillery Bn
11th Field Anti-aircraft Defence Unit
12th Field Anti-aircraft Defence Unit
Names: SHIMIZU Terumitsu, Lt
Languages: Japanese
Area:Wewak [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area]
Finschhafen [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen Area]
Content: This item is part of a set of military orders concerning ground support for an aerial operation to be carried out in the Wewak area by the 6th Flight Division. It gives instructions for the preparation and deployment of anti-aircraft field companies, in order to protect Japanese aeroplanes, and includes a roll list of all participating personnel. This item was captured at Finschhafen in April 1944.
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details
Title: Nominal roll and orders for the 61st Anti-aircraft Gun Bn
ATIS number: 500342 (202373)
Item status: Original document
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Names: SHIMIZU Terumitsu, Lt
Names (kanji ):
Sender:
Sender (kanji):
Recipient:
Recipient (kanji):
Japanese unit names: 6th Flight Division
61st Field Anti-aircraft Artillery Bn
11th Field Anti-aircraft Defence Unit
12th Field Anti-aircraft Defence Unit
Japanese unit names (romaji):Dai 6 Hikô Shidan
Yasen Kôshahô Dai 61 Daitai
Yasen Kôshahô Dai 11 Bôkûtai
Yasen Kôshahô Dai 12 Bôkûtai
Japanese unit names (kanji)
Place of acquisition: Finschhafen
Date of acquisition: 04/16/1944
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Last modified:03/05/2009 10:05:45 AM
Source:AJRP staff



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