| Item title: | War diary and report for the 39th Independent Motor Car Bn 4th Coy |
| Title (romaji): | Dokuritsu Jidôsha Dai 39 Daitai Dai 4 Chûtai jinnchû nisshi/kôdô shôhô |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500029) 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 1/2/500029 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/500029 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 100 pagesof handwritten mimeographed copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Official diary |
Item content | |
| Creation date range (d/m/y): | 01/03/1942 to 31/03/1942 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES, VEHICLES, TROOP MOVEMENT |
| Australian unit names: | |
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| Japanese unit names: | 39th Independent Motor Car Bn 4th Coy 43rd Line of Communications 16th Army Temporary Line of Communications Hospital Unit 16th Army Field Motor Car Depot 16th Army 28th Motor Car Regt |
| Names: | SHIMADA, Lt; SHIOSAWA, Lt; SHIMOMURA, 2nd Lt; TAKISAWA, 2nd Lt; KATAOKA, Lt Col |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Eretan [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), Java (Jawa)] Subang [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), Java (Jawa)] Serang [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), Java (Jawa)] Batavia (Jakarta) [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), Java (Jawa)] Buitenzorg [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), Java (Jawa)] Bandoeng (Bandung) [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), Java (Jawa)] |
| Content: | This item is an official diary for the month of March 1942, recording the movements of the 4th Company of the 39th Independent Motor Car Battalion while on dispatch to the 16th Army in West Java. It contains lists of unit members and their assigned duties, as well as orders and reports concerning unit activities such as the transportation of aviation fuel, ammunition and supplies between Subang and Eretan, and the transport of sick and wounded soldiers from the 16th Army temporary Line of Communications Hospital Unit. Late in the diary there are also orders for an attack on enemy forces between Bandon and Buitenzorg. This item was captured at Hansa Bay in July 1944 |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | War diary and report for the 39th Independent Motor Car Bn 4th Coy |
| ATIS number: | 500029 |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | SHIMADA, Lt; SHIOSAWA, Lt; SHIMOMURA, 2nd Lt; TAKISAWA, 2nd Lt; KATAOKA, Lt Col |
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| Japanese unit names: | 39th Independent Motor Car Bn 4th Coy 43rd Line of Communications 16th Army Temporary Line of Communications Hospital Unit 16th Army Field Motor Car Depot 16th Army 28th Motor Car Regt |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dokuritsu Jidôsha Dai 39 Daitai Dai 4 Chûtai 43 Heitan 16 Gun Rinji Heitan Byôin 16 Gun Yasen Jidôsha Shô 16 Gun Jidôsha Dai 28 Rentai |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Hansa Bay |
| Date of acquisition: | 07/10/1944 |
Other information | |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:08:04 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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