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Item title: Chemical warfare agents
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/14)
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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 5/14
Inst. series: AWM55
Inst. sub-series: AWM55 5/-
Item: EP-155
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 59 pages
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Notebook
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): 21/7/1944
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:CHEMICAL WARFARE, MILITARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL, MILITARY OPERATIONS, TECHNICAL MANUALS
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Japanese unit names:
Names: OKABE, Special Service Ensign
Languages: English
Area:Kaiapit [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area]
Korea
Content: This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Kaiapit on 21 September 1943 during the campaigns on the Huon Peninsula. This item is a notebook entitled "Chemical warfare agents", most likely written before December 1941. It contains a discussion on the characteristics of gas warfare, the physical properties of various chemical weapons, anti-gas precautions, the history of chemical warfare, and offensive and defensive chemical combat. The document also lists the natural chemical resources of Japan, Germany and the United States.

This document was, presumably, brought to New Guinea from Korea.
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