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Item title: Military postal savings book for WATANABE Kiyoshi
Title (romaji): Watanabe Kiyoshi no gunji yûbin chokin tsûchô
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500241)
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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 1/2/500241
Inst. series: AWM 82
Inst. sub-series: 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents
Item: 1/2/500241
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 4 pages, photocopy
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Savings book
Item content
Creation date range (d/m/y): 28/4/1942 to 2/6/1943
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS, SALARIES
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:65th Bde 141st Infantry Regt
Names: WATANABE Kiyoshi
Languages: Japanese
Area:New Guinea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)]
Content: This item is a military postal savings book issued to WATANABE Kiyoshi from the 141st Infantry Regiment of the 65th Brigade. The front cover contains columns for account number, the agency responsible for the original register, remarks, address and name. The back cover shows a list of instructions. The savings book was issued by the Shimonoseki branch of the Postal Savings Department. The unit name written in the address space indicates WATANABE belonged to the Ni Unit of the 141st Infantry Regiment. The rest of the savings book consists of columns for transaction records. The transactions occurred between 28 April 1942 and 2 June 1943. This item was captured in New Guinea.
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details
Title: Military postal savings book for WATANABE Kiyoshi
ATIS number: 500241
Item status: Photocopy - original document repatriated
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Names: WATANABE Kiyoshi
Names (kanji ):
Sender:
Sender (kanji):
Recipient:
Recipient (kanji):
Japanese unit names: 65th Bde 141st Infantry Regt
Japanese unit names (romaji):Dai 65 Ryodan Hohei Dai 141 Rentai
Japanese unit names (kanji)
Place of acquisition: New Guinea
Date of acquisition: 11/01/1943
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Last modified:03/05/2009 10:07:32 AM
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