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Item title: Current situation of the 6th Party of the Nishibôekiten Group
Title (romaji): Nishishû dai 6 dan genjô
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 2/4)
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AJRP details
AJRP module: Australian War Memorial official records
AJRP series: AWM 82 captured Japanese documents
AJRP sub-series: Post-surrender Rabaul material received from HQ 8 Military District
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Location details
Institution: Australian War Memorial
Call number: AWM 82 2/4
Inst. series: AWM 82
Inst. sub-series: 2/- Post-surrender material received from HQ 8 Military District (Rabaul)
Item: 2/4
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 3 pages, handwritten in pencil
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Administrative document
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): 21/12/1945
Conflict code: Post-war (related to WW2)
Keywords:AGRICULTURE, FARMING, SELF-SUFFICIENCY
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Japanese unit names:Nishibôekiten (10th) Group
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Languages: Japanese
Area:Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain]
Content: The document reports the current situation of the 6th Party of the Nishibôekiten Group as of 20 December 1945. The party consists of 1,120 members who cultivate 145,600 tsubo (480,480 square meters). Forty percent of the party members were not fit for work. Thirty-five members were hospitalised and 350 members were convalescing. Only the first three pages of the report are extant.
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details
Title: Current situation of the 6th Party of the Nishibôekiten Group
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Item status: Original document
Item type: Unpublished, Official
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Japanese unit names: Nishibôekiten (10th) Group
Japanese unit names (romaji):Nishibôekiten (Dai 10) Shûdan
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Place of acquisition: Rabaul Area
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Name of the Chief of Staff to whom this report was written was not given.
Last modified:03/05/2009 10:07:25 AM
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