| Item title: | Map fragments of Sio and Bundi |
| Title (romaji): | Shio fukin, Bundi fukin no chizu danpen |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500071) 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 1/2/500071 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/500071 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 3 colour sheets, printed map fragments |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Published, Official |
| Category: | Map |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | ?/08/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, MAPS |
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| Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Area: | Long Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Bismarck Sea, Vitiaz Strait] Tolokiwa Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Bismarck Sea] Ramu River–Finisterre Range [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula] Bundi [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Ramu River–Finisterre Range] Aitape [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] |
| Content: | This item consists of two colour map fragments covering the Sio area, and a single, two-tone map fragment covering the Bundi region of the Finisterre Range. Information on the side of one of the Sio fragments indicates that they are probably part of a Japanese reproduction of an Australian aeronautical map. The remaining fragments show Long Island and Tolokiwa Island in the Vitiaz Strait, and are overwritten with information about the area,, such as temperature, precipitation and wind speed and direction. The Bundi fragment is more detailed, showing mountain contours, roads and villages, and providing a legend indicating the size and importance of features shown. It is also overwritten with comments and instructions, mostly concerning the amount of time needed to travel between various locations. These fragments were captured at Aitape in July 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Map fragments of Sio and Bundi |
| ATIS number: | 500073 |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Published, Official |
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| Place of acquisition: | Aitape |
| Date of acquisition: | 07/20/1944 |
Other information | |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:08:10 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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