| Item title: | Motor transport and other records of 22nd Airfield Battalion |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/11) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS enemy publications |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 5/11 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-126 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 115 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Administrative document, Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 11/5/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | VEHICLES, ROAD TRANSPORT, MILITARY REGULATIONS, MILITARY TRAINING, MOTOR VEHICLES, ESPIONAGE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 22nd Airfield Bn SHIMADA Coy Motor Transportation Pl |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Singapore [Malaya–British Borneo (Malaysia & Singapore)] Malahang [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area] Palembang [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), Sumatra] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Lae on 29 September 1943 shortly after the fall of Lae and the Japanese retreat across the Finisterre Range. This item contains the records of the servicing, repair and dispatch of motor vehicles of the Motor Transportation Platoon of SHIMADA Company, 22nd Airfield Battalion, between 1 November 1941 and July 1942, while it was stationed at Singapore and Palembang. It includes mileage charts, duty rosters, number and condition of vehicles, training schedules and spare parts used. This item also contains rules and regulations relating to fire prevention, counter-intelligence, espionage, security and training. This item also contains an extract from a record book, dated 22 October 1939 to 31 July 1943, for a Dodge truck belonging to 22nd Airfield Battalion, captured at Malahang airfield on 25 September 1943. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:46 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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