| Item title: | Small boat operations |
| Title (kanji) |  |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/14) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS enemy publications |
| AJRP folder: | |
Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 5/14 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-154 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 34 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 20/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | LANDING CRAFT, MILITARY OPERATIONS, MILITARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL, CAMOUFLAGE AND CONCEALMENT, TROOP MOVEMENT, BOMBARDMENT, STRAFING |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | 8th Shipping Engineer Regt |
| Names: | KOIKE Col |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Cape Gloucester [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] New Britain [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] New Guinea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Cape Gloucester on 15 January 1944 during the Allied campaign to retake New Britain. This item is an instruction booklet entitled "Notes on small boat operations", issued on 25 March 1943 by Col KOIKE, Commander 8th Shipping Engineer Regiment. It contains information on the organisation of small landing craft operations, security, concealment, armament of boats, formations, emergency repairs, dealing with natives, navigation and tactics. This item also contains charts and diagrams on unit organisation, preparations, bartering rates and camouflage techniques. This instruction manual was based on operations in New Guinea and New Britain at a time when Japanese landing craft were vulnerable to superior Allied air and sea power. |
| |
| |
Other information | |
| Notes: | |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:15 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
The AJRP has wound up its activities at the Memorial for the moment. Please contact the relevant officer of the Australian War Memorial for assistance. Internet implementation by Fulton Technology and AJRP staff . Visit the Australian War Memorial home page. |