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ITEM FORM
Item title: War diary for the Ramu River Guard Unit
Title (romaji): Ramugawa keibitai jinchû nisshi
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/212249)
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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 1/2/212249
Inst. series: AWM 82
Inst. sub-series: 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents
Item: 1/2/212249
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 1 book approx. 200 pages with entries handwritten in black ink and carbon copy
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Official diary
Item content
Creation date range (d/m/y): 06/02/1944 to 04/03/1944
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:Ramu River Guard
Names:
Languages: Japanese
Area:Ramu River [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Ramu River–Finisterre Range]
Bot Bot River [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area]
Hansa Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area]
Content: This item is a war diary for the month of February 1944, recording the movements of the Ramu River Guard Unit in the Bot Bot river region. It contains a list of the members of the unit, details of preparations, and a daily record of activities including weather reports, details of surveillance operations carried out by the guard squads, deliveries of supplies by river and casualties due to illness or injury.
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details
Title: War diary for the Ramu River Guard Unit
ATIS number: 212249
Item status: Original document
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Names:
Names (kanji ):
Sender:
Sender (kanji):
Recipient:
Recipient (kanji):
Japanese unit names: Ramu River Guard
Japanese unit names (romaji):Ramugawa Keibitai
Japanese unit names (kanji)
Place of acquisition: Hansa Bay
Date of acquisition: 07/10/1944
Other information
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Last modified:03/05/2009 10:06:09 AM
Source:AJRP staff



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