| Item title: | War diary for the 39th Ind Motor Car Battalion 4th Coy |
| Title (romaji): | Dokuritsu Jidôsha Dai 39 Taitai dai 4 Chûtai jinchû nisshi |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500001) 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 1/2/500001 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/500001 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 150 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| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |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): | 01/04/1942 to 30/04/1942 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | 39th Independent Motor Car Bn 4th Coy |
| Names: | SHIOSAWA, Lt; SHIMOMURA, Lt |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Batavia (Jakarta) [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), Java (Jawa)] Hansa Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
| Content: | This item is a field diary recording the activities of the 4th Company of the Independent Motor Car Battalion, stationed temporarily at the Batavia Line of Communications. It records daily reports and orders concerning company activities such as the transportation of weapons and supplies, road patrols, and the dispatch of soldiers back to the Japanese mainland charged with returning the remains of deceased soldiers. It was captured at Hansa Bay in July 1944 |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | War diary for the 39th Ind Motor Car Battalion 4th Coy |
| ATIS number: | 500001 |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | SHIOSAWA, Lt; SHIMOMURA, Lt |
| Names (kanji ): | |
| Sender: | |
| Sender (kanji): |  |
| Recipient: | |
| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | 39th Independent Motor Car Bn 4th Coy |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dokuritsu jidôsha dai 39 taitai dai 4 chûtai |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Hansa Bay |
| Date of acquisition: | 07/10/1944 |
Other information | |
| Notes: | |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:08:29 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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