| Item title: | Letter concerning allocation of Certificates of Meritorious Service |
| Title (romaji): | Sôgô kôseki tôkyû hyôjun hiritsu no ken tsûchô |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500301) 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 1/2/500301 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/500301 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 page, handwritten carbon copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Correspondence |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 21/5/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, CERTIFICATE OF MERITORIOUS SERVICE, ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | 20th Division 78th Infantry Regt |
| Names: | SAKUMA Mitsugi (Kô?) |
| Sender: | SAKUMA Mitsugi (Kô?) |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Aitape [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] |
| Content: | This item consists of a letter from the 78th Infantry Regiment's (Asa 2053) second in command, Adjutant SAKUMA Mitsugi, reporting the ratio of different types of citations for meritorious service made from Aug 1943 to May 1944. The letter seems to be in response to prior orders requesting such statistics. Notes attached to the letter outline how the citations were evaluated. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Letter concerning allocation of Certificates of Meritorious Service |
| ATIS number: | 500301 (205650) |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | SAKUMA Mitsugi (Kô?) |
| Names (kanji ): |  |
| Sender: | SAKUMA Mitsugi (Kô?) |
| Sender (kanji): | |
| Recipient: | |
| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | 20th Division 78th Infantry Regt |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Hohei Daishichijûhachi Rentai, Dainijû Shidan (Asa 2053) |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Aitape |
| Date of acquisition: | 08/24/1944 |
Other information | |
| Notes: | |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:08:42 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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