| Item title: | War diary for the 222nd Infantry Regt 1st Machine Gun Coy |
| Title (romaji): | Hohei Dai 222 Rentai Dai 1 Kikanjû Chûtai jinchû nisshi |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500010) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
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 |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM 82 1/2/500010 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/500010 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 60 pages with entries in ink and carbon copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Official diary |
Item content | |
| Creation date range (d/m/y): | 01/07/1943 to 31/07/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES, EXERCISES AND MANOEUVRES |
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| Japanese unit names: | 36th Division 222nd Infantry Regt 1st Machine Gun Coy 36th Division 36th Mountain Artillery Regt |
| Names: | IMAI, Lt; KIKUIKE, Sub-Lt |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Qinyuen [China–Hong Kong, Shanxi] Huoxiang [China–Hong Kong, Shanxi] Hansa Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
| Content: | This item is an official diary for the month of July 1943, recording the activities of the 222nd Infantry Regiment 1st Machine Gun Company while stationed at Qinyuen in Shanxi, China. It contains lists of unit members and horses, as well as daily reports and orders concerning activities such as artillery and horseback training, local patrol and surveillance duties, and the distribution and transport of weapons and supplies. There is also mention of arrangements for the detachment of unit members to other divisions, unit medical examinations, and the receipt of information concerning enemy movements. It was captured at Hansa Bay in 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | War diary for the 222nd Infantry Regt 1st Machine Gun Coy |
| ATIS number: | 500010 |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | IMAI, Lt; KIKUIKE, Sub-Lt |
| Names (kanji ): | |
| Sender: | |
| Sender (kanji): |  |
| Recipient: | |
| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | 36th Division 222nd Infantry Regt 1st Machine Gun Coy 36th Division 36th Mountain Artillery Regt |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dai 36 Shidan Hohei Dai 222 Rentai Dai 1 Kikanjû Chûtai ;Yama Hôhei Dai 36 Rentai |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Hansa Bay |
| Date of acquisition: | 07/29/1944 |
Other information | |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:07:32 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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