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Item title: Military postal savings book for MIHARA Gen'ichi
Title (romaji): Mihara Gen'ichi no gunji yûbin chokin tsûchô
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500258/2)
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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 1/2/500258/2
Inst. series: AWM 82
Inst. sub-series: 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents
Item: 1/2/500258/2
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 1 booklet, 4 folds
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Savings book
Item content
Creation date range (d/m/y): 3/7/1942 to 25/1/1944
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS, SALARIES
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:Akatsuki 9738 Unit
18th Army shipping unit
Names: MIHARA Gen'ichi
Languages: Japanese
Area:Korako [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area]
Content: This item is a military postal savings book issued to MIHARA Gen'ichi. 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 MIHARA belonged to one of the 18th Army shipping units (Akatsuki 9738 Unit). The rest of the savings book consists of columns for transaction records. The transactions occurred between on 3 July 1942 and 25 January 1944. This item was captured at Korako on 24 April 1944.
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details
Title: Military postal savings book for MIHARA Gen'ichi
ATIS number: 500258/2
Item status: Original document
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Names: MIHARA Gen'ichi
Names (kanji ):
Sender:
Sender (kanji):
Recipient:
Recipient (kanji):
Japanese unit names: Akatsuki 9738 Unit
18th Army shipping unit
Japanese unit names (romaji):Akatsuki 9738 Butai
Japanese unit names (kanji)
Place of acquisition: Korako
Date of acquisition: 04/24/1944
Other information
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Last modified:03/05/2009 10:09:14 AM
Source:AJRP staff



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