| Item title: | Môtôsan war diary |
| Title (romaji): | Môtôsan jinchû nisshi |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500032) 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 1/2/500032 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/500032 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 50 pages with entries in pencil |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Official diary |
Item content | |
| Creation date range (d/m/y): | 02/01/c1944 to 27/02/c1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES, MILITARY OPERATIONS |
| Australian unit names: | |
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| Japanese unit names: | |
| Names: | TAKAHASHI, 2nd Lt |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Mindiri [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Sio–Bogadjim Area] Môtôsan [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Sio–Bogadjim Area] Erima [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] Madang [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
| Content: | This item is an official diary recording the activities of an unnamed army communications unit stationed near Mindiri. It contains orders and reports concerning the unit's defence of a strategic area named "Môtôsan," under heavy attack from American and Australian forces, including activities such as patrol duty, weapons inspections, and the construction of an antennae for receiving communications by telegraph. This item was captured at Madang in May 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Môtôsan war diary |
| ATIS number: | 500032 |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | TAKAHASHI, 2nd Lt |
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| Sender (kanji): |  |
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| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Madang |
| Date of acquisition: | 05/24/1944 |
Other information | |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:06:40 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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