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ITEM FORM
Item title: Military information book
Title (romaji): Jôhô Tsuzuri
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/213342)
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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 1/2/213342
Inst. series: AWM 82
Inst. sub-series: 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents
Item: 1/2/213342
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 1 book, approx. 240 pages with entries in ink and carbon copy
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Notebook
Item content
Creation date range (d/m/y): 09/01/1943 to 07/07/1943
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, AUSTRALIAN ARMY
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:41st Division 238th Infantry Regt
41st Mountain Artillery Regt
Names: KAMEI, Lt
Languages: Japanese
Area:New Guinea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)]
Lae [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area]
Bot Bot River [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area]
Content: This item is a book of top secret military information collected from various regions of New Guinea. It contains comprehensive details of Australian troop movements, including analysis of troop formations, location maps, details of supplies, diagrams of aircraft and assessments of weapons capabilities. It also contains information gleaned from enemy media sources such as US. radio and newspaper reports. It was captured at Finschhafen in November 1944.
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details
Title: Military information book
ATIS number: 213342
Item status: Original document
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Names: KAMEI, Lt
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Japanese unit names: 41st Division 238th Infantry Regt
41st Mountain Artillery Regt
Japanese unit names (romaji):Dai 41 Shidan Hohei Dai 238 Rentai; Yama Hôhei Dai 41 Rentai
Japanese unit names (kanji)
Place of acquisition: Finschhafen
Date of acquisition: 11/06/1944
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Last modified:03/05/2009 10:07:09 AM
Source:AJRP staff



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