| Item title: | Lists of POWs, foreign nationals and indigenous civilians |
| Title (romaji): | Furyo ippan gaijin oyobi genjûmin no jôkyô |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 2/301) 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: | Post-surrender Rabaul material received from HQ 8 Military District |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM 82 2/301 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 2/- Post-surrender material received from HQ 8 Military District (Rabaul) |
| Item: | 2/301 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 book, 42 pages handwritten mimeographed copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Personnel list |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 30/8/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Post-war (related to WW2) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, PERSONNEL DOCUMENTS, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | South East Area Army |
| Names: | |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] New Ireland [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] |
| Content: | This item contains information on foreign nationals under the control of the South East Area Army at the time of the Japanese surrender. Attached lists provide information on POWs who had been held by the Army since March 1943. Separate lists are made for POWs who were in the Rabaul area, who had been transferred to Japan, who had died of illness, who had been killed by bombardment, who had been transferred to the navy, who had been transferred from other areas. Personal details, such as name, nationality, unit, rank and age, are included together with the place and date of capture. The cause of death is specified in the lists of deceased POWs. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Lists of POWs, foreign nationals and indigenous civilians |
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| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | |
| Names (kanji ): |  |
| Sender: | |
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| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | South East Area Army |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Nantô Hômengun |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Rabaul Area |
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Other information | |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:07:01 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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