| Item title: | 16th Division monthly battle report for April 1944 |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/33) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| 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 5/33 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-370 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 37 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Battle report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 12/5/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | GUERILLA OPERATIONS, MILITARY OPERATIONS, SUPPLIES AND TRANSPORT, HYGIENE AND SANITATION, COMMUNICATIONS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 16th Div |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Takloban (Tacloban) [Philippines, Leyte] Samar [Philippines] Visayan Sea [Philippines] Palawan [Philippines] Mindoro [Philippines] Luzon [Philippines] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured in Tacloban on 30 October 1944 during the US campaign to recapture the Philippines. This item is a battle report by the 16th Division for April 1944, issued on 1 May 1944 and held by the Tacloban Military Police Section. It contains information on the relocation of the main strength of the 16th Division on Samar and Leyte; the disposition of units and forces in the Visayas; guerrilla activity in Luzon, Mindoro, Samar, Leyte, Western Visaya and Palawan; guerrilla and Japanese propaganda activities; an investigation of the topography of Palawan; training and replacement; development of roads and communications; supply situation; hygiene and medical supplies; and awards and punishments. This item also contains nine charts and five maps on punitive operations against guerrilla forces, battle results, disposition of forces, communications and supplies. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:07:16 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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