| Item title: | Transport plans and orders of Moto Group remaining forces |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/5) 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 5/5 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-51 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 50 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Battle report, Information report, Military order |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 28/10/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | DISEMBARKATION, MILITARY OPERATIONS, MILITARY ORDERS, LANDING CRAFT, TRANSPORT SHIPS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 66th Infantry Regt 2nd Bn |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Bismarck Sea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] Komiatum [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Mubo–Salamaua Area] Tuluvu [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Lae [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area] Finschhafen [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Komiatum near Mt. Tambu on 22 August 1943. This item contains orders and reports for the second and third plans to transport troops to Lae and Tsurubu (Tuluvu, New Britain) in April 1943 following the destruction of a Japanese convoy on the Bismarck Sea on 2-3 March 1943. It also contains summaries of the landings, recommendations for future operations, disembarkation plans and sketches of the landings. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:21 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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