| Item title: | To my comrades |
| Title (romaji): | Senyû ni tsugu |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (7/9/12 J39) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial leaflets |
| AJRP series: | Far Eastern Liaison Office propaganda leaflets |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | 7/9/12 J39 |
| Inst. series: | Various |
| Inst. sub-series: | |
| Item: | J39 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 2 pages, print and mimeographed copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Leaflet |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 22/12/1942 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | PROPAGANDA, LEAFLET DROPPING |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | FAR EASTERN LIAISON OFFICE |
| Japanese unit names: | |
| Names: | KITAYAMA |
| Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Area: | Kokoda Track [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] |
| Content: | This item is a Japanese-language propaganda leaflet produced by the Far Eastern Liaison office. An English translation of the text is attached. The message was supposedly written by a Japanese serviceman named KITAHAMA. He says that he was found wounded and unconscious near Kokoda and saved by the Australians. He stresses that he and fellow POWs are treated well and urges his comrades to cease fighting. |
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| Last modified: | 11/28/2001 04:11:54 PM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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