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ITEM FORM
Item title: Service record for Ssgt HONDA Toranosuke
Title (romaji): Sôchô Honda Toranosuke kôkahyô
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500312/5)
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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: Officers' Service Records, 26th Airfield Coy
Location details
Institution: Australian War Memorial
Call number: AWM 82 1/2/500312/5
Inst. series: AWM 82
Inst. sub-series: 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents
Item: 1/2/500312/5
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 6 pages of handwritten mimeographed copy
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Service record
Item content
Creation date range (d/m/y): 01/06/1939 to 01/11/1943
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, DOCUMENTATION, SERVICE DOCUMENTS, SERVICE RECORD
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Japanese unit names:26th Airfield Coy
1st Aviation Education Unit
103rd Flight Education Corps
6th Aviation Education Unit
16th Division 20th Infantry Regt
Names: HONDA Toranosuke, Ssgt; ÔYAMA Shigeo, Coy Cdr; OZAWA Takeo, Corps Cdr; NAKAHARA Tomoharu, Unit Cdr; OKUMURA Kichiya, Unit Cdr; KANEYAMA Nagatarô, Unit Cdr; IKEBE Saburô, Coy Cdr
Languages: Japanese
Area:Korako [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area]
Content: This item is a service record for a Staff Sergeant HONDA Toranosuke from the 26th Airfield Company. It covers his military career, from his recruitment to the 20th Infantry Regiment in 1939, up to his transferral to the 26th Airfield Company in 1943. The record contains detailed comments from superior officers on Sergeant HONDA's progress, aptitude and general behaviour, as well as notes on the health and well-being of his immediate family. This item was captured at Korako in April 1944, and is part of a folder of similar items in this collection.
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details
Title: Service record for Ssgt HONDA Toranosuke
ATIS number: 500312
Item status: Photocopy - original document repatriated
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Names: HONDA Toranosuke, Ssgt; ÔYAMA Shigeo, Coy Cdr; OZAWA Takeo, Corps Cdr; NAKAHARA Tomoharu, Unit Cdr; OKUMURA Kichiya, Unit Cdr; KANEYAMA Nagatarô, Unit Cdr; IKEBE Saburô, Coy Cdr
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Japanese unit names: 26th Airfield Coy
1st Aviation Education Unit
103rd Flight Education Corps
6th Aviation Education Unit
16th Division 20th Infantry Regt
Japanese unit names (romaji):Dai 26 Hikôjô Chûtai
Dai 103 Kyôiku Hikôdan
Dai 6 Kôkû Kyôikutai
Dai 16 Shidan Hohei Dai 20 Rentai
Japanese unit names (kanji)
Place of acquisition: Korako
Date of acquisition: 04/24/1944
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Last modified:03/05/2009 10:06:15 AM
Source:AJRP staff



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