Item title: | War diary for the 222nd Infantry Regt 1st Machine Gun Coy |
Title (romaji): | Hohei Dai 222 Rentai Dai 1 Kikanjû Chûtai jinchû nisshi |
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Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500008) 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 1/2/500008 |
Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
Item: | 1/2/500008 |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 40 pages with entries in ink |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Official diary |
Item content | |
Creation date range (d/m/y): | 23/05/1943 to 01/06/1943 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES, MILITARY MISSIONS |
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Japanese unit names: | 36th Division 222nd Infantry Regt 1st Machine Gun Coy |
Names: | SAITÔ, Capt; KIKUIKE, 2nd Lt |
Languages: | Japanese |
Area: | Qinyuen [China–Hong Kong, Shanxi] Guxian [China–Hong Kong, Shanxi] Hansa Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
Content: | This item is part of an official diary for the months of May and June 1943, recording the movements of the 222nd Infantry Regiment 1st Machine Gun Company while stationed in Qinyuen in Shanxi, China. It contains a roll for the company, as well as daily reports and orders concerning activities and operations such as surveillance, reconnaissance missions, attacks on nearby enemy units, and instructions for countering local resistance. The diary also contains details of casualties due to illness or injury, and an appended section detailing the appropriation and transport of grain supplies from local districts. It was captured at Hansa Bay in July 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
Title: | War diary for the 222nd Infantry Regt 1st Machine Gun Coy |
ATIS number: | 500008 |
Item status: | Original document |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Names: | SAITÔ, Capt; KIKUIKE, 2nd Lt |
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Japanese unit names: | 36th Division 222nd Infantry Regt 1st Machine Gun Coy |
Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dai 36 Shidan Hohei Dai 222 Rentai Dai 1 Kikanjû Chûtai |
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Place of acquisition: | Hansa Bay |
Date of acquisition: | 07/29/1944 |
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Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:06:14 AM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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