| 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 |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500007) 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 1/2/500007 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/500007 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 90 pages with entries in ink and carbon copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Official diary |
Item content | |
| Creation date range (d/m/y): | 01/05/1943 to 30/05/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES, BARRACKS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 36th Division 222nd Infantry Regt 1st Machine Gun Coy |
| Names: | IMAI, Lt; SHIKANO, Lt |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Qinyuen [China–Hong Kong, Shanxi] Baizi [China–Hong Kong, Shanxi] Hansa Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
| Content: | This item is an official diary for the month of May 1943, recording the activities of the 222nd Infantry Regiment 1st Machine Gun Company while stationed at Qinyuen in Shanxi, China. It contains various lists of troop numbers and horses, as well as reports and orders concerning daily activities and duties such as trench digging, road building and maintenance, surveillance activities, weapons inspections, and instructions about the construction of a feed storage facility at the barracks. The diary also mentions arrangements for a surprise attack on the 20th of May under the command of Lt. Imai. 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: | 500007 |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | IMAI, Lt; SHIKANO, Lt |
| Names (kanji ): | |
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| Sender (kanji): |  |
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| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | 36th Division 222nd Infantry Regt 1st Machine Gun Coy |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dai 36 Shidan Hohei 222 Rentai Dai 1 Kikanjû Chûtai |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Hansa Bay |
| Date of acquisition: | 07/29/1944 |
Other information | |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:07:24 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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