| Item title: | Field diary and battle reports, No. 3 Battery, 50th Field Anti-aircraft Gun Battalion, November 1942 - January 1943 |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/2) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS enemy publications |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 5/2 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-22 Part 2 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 115 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Battle report, Official diary |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 29/6/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | ANTI AIRCRAFT, ARTILLERY, BOMBARDMENT, CASUALTY LISTS, DIARIES AND JOURNALS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, MILITARY OPERATIONS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 50th Field Anti-aircraft Gun Bn No. 3 Bty |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Trobriand (Kiriwina) Islands [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands] Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] |
| Content: | This item is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured on the Trobriand Islands on 16 March 1943. This field diary contains battle reports for the No. 3 Battery, 50th Field Anti-aircraft Gun Battalion during operations in the Rabual area between 26 December 1942 and 23 February 1943. It contains battle summaries, details of conditions prior to combat, casualty charts, charts of losses and damages sustained, observations about enemy tactics, and sketch maps showing firing positions and bombing runs. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:33 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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