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ITEM FORM
Item title: Service record for Sgt GOTÔ Tadao
Title (romaji): Rikugun eisei gunsô Gotô Tadao kôkahyô
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500311/7)
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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 1/2/500311/7
Inst. series: AWM 82
Inst. sub-series: 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents
Item: 1/2/500311/7
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 4 pages, handwritten mimeographed copy
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Service record
Item content
Creation date range (d/m/y): 01/11/1940 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
5th Division 4th Field Hospital
Hiroshima Army Hospital
Names: GOTÔ Tadao, Sgt; ÔYAMA Shigeo, Coy Cdr; HIROTSU Itaru; ÔSAKI, Naruhito
Languages: Japanese
Area:Korako [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area]
Content: This item is a service record for a Sergeant GOTÔ Tadao, who began his military career in 1940 as a medical worker with the 5th Division 4th Field Hospital, but was later transferred to the 26th Airfield Unit. The record contains comments from senior officers on Sergeant GOTÔ's behaviour, aptitude and overall skill, as well as notes on the health and well-being of his immediate family. This item was captured at Korako in April 1944.
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details
Title: Service record for Sgt GOTÔ Tadao
ATIS number: 500311
Item status: Original document
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Names: GOTÔ Tadao, Sgt; ÔYAMA Shigeo, Coy Cdr; HIROTSU Itaru; ÔSAKI, Naruhito
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Japanese unit names: 26th Airfield Coy
5th Division 4th Field Hospital
Hiroshima Army Hospital
Japanese unit names (romaji):Dai 26 Hikôjô Chûtai
Dai 5 Shidan Dai 4 Yasen Byôin
Hiroshima Rikugun Byôin
Japanese unit names (kanji)
Place of acquisition: Korako
Date of acquisition: 04/24/1944
Other information
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Last modified:03/05/2009 10:06:16 AM
Source:AJRP staff



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