| Item title: | Wewak war diary |
| Title (romaji): | Jinchû nisshi |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500024) 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 |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM 82 1/2/500024 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/500024 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 20 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| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |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): | 01/02/1944 to 14/02/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES, TRANSPORT, CASUALTIES |
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| Names: | SAKITA, 2nd Lt; WAKABAYASHI, 2nd Lt |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Wewak [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] Hansa Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
| Content: | This item is an official diary for part of February 1944 recording the activities of an unnamed transport unit stationed at Wewak. It contains daily reports and orders regarding the "Wewak Transport Strategy," which mostly concerned the transport of sick and injured soldiers in and out of the Wewak region. There are daily reports of new casualties and vehicle/loss breakdown, and there is also mention of a large scale aerial/naval attack from enemy vessels located off the Wewak coast. This item was captured at Hansa Bay in July 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Wewak war diary |
| ATIS number: | 500024 |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | SAKITA, 2nd Lt; WAKABAYASHI, 2nd Lt |
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| Sender (kanji): |  |
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| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Hansa Bay |
| Date of acquisition: | 07/29/1944 |
Other information | |
| Notes: | Fragile |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:08:44 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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