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Item title: Register of deaths and casualties for the 78th Infantry Regt
Title (romaji): Shibô shôsho ni kan suru kentsûchô
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500037)
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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 1/2/500037
Inst. series: AWM 82
Inst. sub-series: 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents
Item: 1/2/500037
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 1 book, approx. 60 handwritten mimeographed pages
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Medical record
Item content
Creation date range (d/m/y): 08/01/1943 to 04/04/1944
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS, DEATH, CASUALTY LISTS, CASUALTY MOVEMENT, MALARIA
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:20th Division 78th Infantry Regt 1st Coy
20th Division 78th Infantry Regt 2nd Coy
20th Division 78th Infantry Regt
20th Division 2086 Unit
112th Line of Communication Hospital
20th Division 2nd Field Hospital
123rd Line of Communication Hospital
America Maru
Siberia Maru
Ural Maru
Names: SAKUMA Susumu
Languages: Japanese
Area:Palau Island [Central Pacific, Caroline Islands]
Saipa [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Ramu River–Finisterre Range]
Yaula [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Ramu River–Finisterre Range]
Nangapo [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Sio–Bogadjim Area]
Anamo [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area]
Erima [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area]
Content: This item contains a register of deaths from the 78th Infantry Regiment, and several lists of casualties from the 20th Division who are to be evacuated by ship to hospitals in safe areas; both in Asia and mainland Japan. The deaths register lists the name, rank, place and nature of death for each deceased soldier. The casualty lists list the rank, unit and specific illness/injury suffered by each soldier (with the majority of casualties suffering from malaria), as well as directions concerning the route and destination of the transport ships evacuating them. At the back of the register are various appendixes with instructions for the wording and dispatch of service records for deceased soldiers. The record is stamped throughout by a Deputy Officer SAKUMA Susumu from Unit 2053. It was captured at Anamo in July 1944.
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details
Title: Register of deaths and casualties for the 78th Infantry Regt
ATIS number: 500037
Item status: Original document
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Names: SAKUMA Susumu
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Sender (kanji):
Recipient:
Recipient (kanji):
Japanese unit names: 20th Division 78th Infantry Regt 1st Coy
20th Division 78th Infantry Regt 2nd Coy
20th Division 78th Infantry Regt
20th Division 2086 Unit
112th Line of Communication Hospital
20th Division 2nd Field Hospital
123rd Line of Communication Hospital
America Maru
Siberia Maru
Ural Maru
Japanese unit names (romaji):Dai 20 Shidan Hohei Dai 78 Rentai Dai 1, 2 Chûtai
Dai 20 Shidan Dai 2053 Butai, Dai 2086 Butai
Dai 112 Heitan Byôin
Dai 20 Shidan Dai 2 Yasen Byôin
Dai 123 Heitan Byôin
Amerika Maru; Shiberia Maru; Uraru Maru
Japanese unit names (kanji)
Place of acquisition: Anamo
Date of acquisition: 07/20/1944
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Last modified:03/05/2009 10:06:14 AM
Source:AJRP staff



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