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Item title: Record of meritorious service for deceased soldier MAEDA Mitsuo
Title (romaji): Shibotsusha Maeda Mitsuo Jôtôhei kôseki meibo
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500035)
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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
AJRP folder: Records of meritorious service for deceased soldiers from the 78th Infantry Regiment
Location details
Institution: Australian War Memorial
Call number: AWM 82 1/2/500035
Inst. series: AWM 82
Inst. sub-series: 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents
Item: 1/2/500035
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 6 pages with hand-written entries in ink
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Administrative document, Service record
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): 29/10/1943
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS, DEATH CERTIFICATE, MALARIA
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:20th Division 78th Infantry Regt 1st Infantry Gun Det
4th Division 8th Infantry Regt
20th Division 2nd Field Hospital
Names: MAEDA Mitsuo, Pte; ZEITA, 2nd Lt
Sender: ZEITA, 2nd Lt
Languages: Japanese
Area:Marienberg [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area]
Hansa Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area]
Palau Island [Central Pacific, Caroline Islands]
Anamo [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area]
Content: This item is a record of service for Superior Private MAEDA Mitsuo of the 78th Infantry Regiment 1st Infantry Gun Detachment, who died of malaria at the 2nd Field Hospital at Marienberg in April 1944. As well as the date and cause of Private MAEDA's death, the document lists his service record in the Imperial Army, beginning with his induction into the 4th Division 8th Infantry Regiment in 1938, his training in Manchuria, and his participation in various expeditions during the Pacific War. There is a detailed description of Private MAEDA's duties as the soldier in charge of ammunition for his unit, including a small area map of the region where his activities earned him commendation for meritorious service. This item was captured at Anamo in July 1944.
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details
Title: Record of meritorious service for deceased soldier MAEDA Mitsuo
ATIS number: 1/2/500035
Item status: Original document
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Names: MAEDA Mitsuo, Pte; ZEITA, 2nd Lt
Names (kanji ):
Sender: ZEITA, 2nd Lt
Sender (kanji):
Recipient:
Recipient (kanji):
Japanese unit names: 20th Division 78th Infantry Regt 1st Infantry Gun Det
4th Division 8th Infantry Regt
20th Division 2nd Field Hospital
Japanese unit names (romaji):Dai 20 Shidan Hohei Dai 78 Rentai Dai 1 Hohei Hôshôtai
Dai 4 Shidan Hohei Dai 8 Rentai
Dai 20 Shidan Dai 2 Yasen Byôin
Japanese unit names (kanji)
Place of acquisition: Anamo
Date of acquisition: 07/20/1944
Other information
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Last modified:03/05/2009 10:08:01 AM
Source:AJRP staff



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