| Item title: | An incident in the Papuan campaign |
| Title (romaji): | Papua senchû no ichi sôwa |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (7/9/12 J72) 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 J72 |
| Inst. series: | Various |
| Inst. sub-series: | |
| Item: | J72 |
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| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |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): | 9/4/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | PROPAGANDA, LEAFLET DROPPING |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | FAR EASTERN LIAISON OFFICE |
| Japanese unit names: | |
| Names: | YAMAGATA, Maj Gen; DOI, Capt |
| Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Area: | Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands) Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) |
| Content: | This item is a Japanese-language propaganda leaflet produced by the Far Eastern Liaison Office. An English translation of the text is attached. It reports that Captain DOI and Major-General YAMAGATA were the first to escape from the battlefield when the situation began deteriorating during the Papuan campaign. 110,000 of them were printed. |
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| Last modified: | 07/23/2003 04:19:38 PM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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