| Item title: | Madang war diary |
| Title (romaji): | Jinchû nisshi |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500026) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
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 1/2/500026 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/500026 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 40 pages with entries in ink and carbon copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Official diary |
Item content | |
| Creation date range (d/m/y): | ?/02/1944 to 29/02/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | 41st Division |
| Names: | OKIMOTO, Capt; TASAKI, 2nd Lt |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Madang [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] Sio [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Fortification Point–Sio Area] |
| Content: | This item is part of an official diary for the month of February 1944, recording the activities of an unnamed transport unit belonging to the 41st Division, based at Madang. It contains daily reports of transport operations, weather reports, and aerial attacks from 'North American' warplanes. There is a summarised report of the unit's movements for February, including details of casualties suffered in enemy attacks, and the postponement of transport operations due to bad weather. This item was captured at Sio in June 1944 |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Madang war diary |
| ATIS number: | 500026 |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | OKIMOTO, Capt; TASAKI, 2nd Lt |
| Names (kanji ): | |
| Sender: | |
| Sender (kanji): |  |
| Recipient: | |
| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | 41st Division |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dai 41 Shidan |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Sio |
| Date of acquisition: | 06/15/1944 |
Other information | |
| Notes: | |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:08:36 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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