| Item title: | War diary for the 222nd Infantry Regt Infantry Gun Det |
| Title (romaji): | Hohei Dai 222 Rentai Hohei Hôtai jinchû nisshi |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500013) 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 1/2/500013 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/500013 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 100 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| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |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): | 01/02/1943 to 28/02/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES, TRAINING |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | 36th Division 222nd Infantry Regt Infantry Gun Det 36th Division 2nd Field Hospital |
| Names: | SAKAMOTO, Capt; SASAKI, 2nd Lt |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Qinyuen [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 February 1943, recording the activities of the 222nd Infantry Regiment Infantry Gun Detachment while stationed at Qinyuen in Shanxi, China. It contains various lists of unit officers and their assigned duties, as well as daily orders and reports concerning unit activities such as the education and training of new soldiers, distribution of weapons, surveillance manoeuvres, and the construction/maintenance of barrack buildings. The diary also mentions preparations for the detachment of unit members as extra support staff to the 36th Division 2nd Field Hospital. It was captured at Hansa Bay in July 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | War diary for the 222nd Infantry Regt Infantry Gun Det |
| ATIS number: | 500013 |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | SAKAMOTO, Capt; SASAKI, 2nd Lt |
| Names (kanji ): | |
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| Sender (kanji): |  |
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| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | 36th Division 222nd Infantry Regt Infantry Gun Det 36th Division 2nd Field Hospital |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dai 36 Shidan Hohei Dai 222 Rentai Hohei Hôtai Dai 36 Shidan Dai 2 Yasen Byôin |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Hansa Bay |
| Date of acquisition: | 07/29/1944 |
Other information | |
| Notes: | |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:08:12 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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