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Item title: Orders for the 41st Division
Title (romaji): Dai 41 Shidan meirei
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500345)
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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 1/2/500345
Inst. series: AWM 82
Inst. sub-series: 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents
Item: 1/2/500345
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: Approx. 100 pages, handwritten mimeographed copy
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Military order
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): 26/9/1943
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS, MILITARY OPERATIONS, MILITARY ORDERS
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:41st Division
54th Line of Communication
4th Sea Transport Bn
41st Division 237th Infantry Regt
41st Division 238th Infantry Regt
Names: MANO Gorô, Div Cdr; OKAMOTO, Lt; YAMAMICHI, Lt; HAYASHI, 2nd Lt
Languages: Japanese
Area:Alexishafen [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area]
Hansa Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area]
Madang [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area]
Wewak [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area]
Content: This item is a set of orders and duty timetables issued to troops from the 41st Division while on campaign in the Wewak-Madang region of New Guinea. In addition to orders concerning transport arrangements and troop deployments, the list allocates duties such as education, inspection and organisation of guard units to senior ranked officers. There are also tables recording telegraphs and documents sent and received at the Madang Line of Communications, and estimates of food supplies for the units. This item was captured at Madang in May 1944.
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details
Title: Orders for the 41st Division
ATIS number: 500345
Item status: Original document
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Names: MANO Gorô, Div Cdr; OKAMOTO, Lt; YAMAMICHI, Lt; HAYASHI, 2nd Lt
Names (kanji ):
Sender:
Sender (kanji):
Recipient:
Recipient (kanji):
Japanese unit names: 41st Division
54th Line of Communication
4th Sea Transport Bn
41st Division 237th Infantry Regt
41st Division 238th Infantry Regt
Japanese unit names (romaji):Dai 41 Shidan
Dai 54 Heitan
Dai 4 Kaijô Unsô Daitai
Dai 41 Shidan Hohei Dai 237, 238 Rentai
Japanese unit names (kanji)
Place of acquisition: Madang
Date of acquisition: 05/30/1944
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Last modified:03/05/2009 10:08:35 AM
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