| Item title: | Moto Group intelligence records, 29 April - 16 August 1943 |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/4) 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 5/4 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-44 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 320 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Intelligence report |
Item content | |
| Creation date range (d/m/y): | 24/9/1943 to 22/3/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, AUSTRALIAN ARMY, MILITARY OPERATIONS, AERIAL OPERATIONS, SUPPLIES AND TRANSPORT, CASUALTIES, INTELLIGENCE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 51st Div |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Salamaua [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Mubo–Salamaua Area] Mubo [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Mubo–Salamaua Area] Bobdubi [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Mubo–Salamaua Area] Nassau Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Mubo–Salamaua Area] Lae [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area] Markham Point [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured in the Salamaua-Lae area on 31 July 1943 during the Japanese retreat from campaigns in the Owen Stanley Ranges. This item is a collection of intelligence reports from the Moto Group, 51st Division fighting in New Guinea between 29 April and 16 August 1943, the period before the fall of Lae to the Allies in September 1943. It contains information on military operations, casualties, bombing, defensive plans, reconnaissance, enemy positions and movements, enemy intelligence, tactical decisions, supply and transport movements. It also contains sketch maps and summaries of action in the European, African, Pacific and China theatres. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:28 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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