| Item title: | SUGIURA Yoshio seamans pocketbook |
| Title (romaji): | Sugiura Yoshio sen'in techô |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (3DRL/6710) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial private records |
| AJRP series: | AWM Japanese language material |
| AJRP sub-series: | Miscellaneous Japanese language documents |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | 3DRL/6710 |
| Inst. series: | Various |
| Inst. sub-series: | Various |
| Item: | 3DRL/6710 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 book |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Administrative document, Medical record, Pocketbook, Service record |
Item content | |
| Creation date range (d/m/y): | 13/9/1927 to 25/1/1933 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IDENTITY DOCUMENTS, MERCHANT SEAMEN, MERCHANT VESSELS, PACIFIC WAR, VACCINATION |
| Australian unit names: | 2/28th Bn |
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| Names: | SUGIURA Yoshio |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Miri [Malaya–British Borneo (Malaysia & Singapore), British Borneo (Sarawak)] |
| Content: | This item is SUGIURA Yoshio's seamans pocketbook issued on 13 September 1927, which includes his seaman's certificate and employment records covering the period from the date of issue to 25 January 1933. It also includes his vaccination records. SUGIURA (born 28 January 1903) worked as a apprentice cook on several merchant ships travelling to Europe, India, and Australia. The pocketbook accompanies a new year's greeting card from IWATA En in Miri, Borneo, to TERAMOTO Rei. On the inside of the back cover there is a signature which reads "VX133677 Pte Leeds W. 2/28 BN". The 2/28nd Battalion was engaged in the campaigns to recapture British Borneo in mid-1945. |
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| Last modified: | 08/26/2005 12:24:32 PM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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