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Item title: Postal savings book for SEKIYA Genryû
Title (romaji): Sekiya Genryû no yûbin chokin tsûchô
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500246/5)
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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
AJRP folder:
Location details
Institution: Australian War Memorial
Call number: AWM 82 1/2/500246/5
Inst. series: AWM 82
Inst. sub-series: 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents
Item: 1/2/500246/5
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 1 book, 12 pages
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Savings book
Item content
Creation date range (d/m/y): 2/5/1940 to 24/2/1943
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS, SALARIES
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:14th Division 15th Infantry Regt 11th Coy
51st Division 115th Infantry Regt
Names: SEKIYA Genryû
Languages: Japanese
Area:Lae [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area]
Content: This item is a postal savings book issued to SEKIYA Genryû from the 115th Infantry Regiment of the 51st Division. The front cover contains columns for account number, the agency responsible for the original register, remarks, address and name. The first and last pages show a list of instructions. The savings book was issued by the Postal Savings Department. The unit names written in the address space indicates SEKIYA was transferred from the 15th Infantry Regimentof the 14th Division to the Fujiwara Unit of the 115th Infantry Regiment, 51st Division. The rest of the savings book consists of columns for transaction records. The transactions occurred between 2 May 1940 and 24 February 1943. This item was captured at Lae on 1 July 1944.
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details
Title: Postal savings book for SEKIYA Genryû
ATIS number: 500246/5
Item status: Original document
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Names: SEKIYA Genryû
Names (kanji ):
Sender:
Sender (kanji):
Recipient:
Recipient (kanji):
Japanese unit names: 14th Division 15th Infantry Regt 11th Coy
51st Division 115th Infantry Regt
Japanese unit names (romaji):Dai 14 Shidan Hohei Dai 15 Rentai Dai 11 Chûtai; 51 Shidan Hohei Dai 115 Rentai
Japanese unit names (kanji)
Place of acquisition: Lae
Date of acquisition: 07/01/1944
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Last modified:03/05/2009 10:09:07 AM
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