| Item title: | Bismarck Sea operation February-March 1943 |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/1) 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 5/1 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-7 part 1 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 99 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Intelligence report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 29/3/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY AIR SERVICE, INTERROGATION, INTELLIGENCE |
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| Japanese unit names: | South Seas Force |
| Names: | MATSUSHIMA Shichi-Hei; KITAMURA Yokichi; TSURUME Tadashi |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Bismarck Sea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] Lae–Markham River Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula] Salamaua [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Mubo–Salamaua Area] Goodenough Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands] Rabaul [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] |
| Content: | This item is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese document salvaged from Goodenough Island on 8 March 1943. This document was taken to Goodenough Island by survivors of Teiyo Maru, part of the troop convoy sunk by Allied forces en route to Lae on 3 March 1943. It gives a fragmentary account of the Japanese plans to strengthen their forces at Lae and Salamaua. It includes a landing plan, embarkation distributions, supply inventories, distribution of transport vessels and commanders, distribution of air cover, distribution of troops, details of unloading operations, naval course charts, and sketch maps of Lae and surrounding area. It also contains preliminary interrogation reports for MATSUSHIMA Shichi-Hei, KITAMURA Yokichi, and TSURUME Tadashi. This document provided important details about the nature and strength of Japanese forces in the area and was widely distributed. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:57 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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