| Item title: | War diary for the 222nd Infantry Regt Mounted Pl |
| Title (romaji): | Hohei Dai 222 Rentai Jôba Shôtai |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500020) 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 1/2/500020 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/500020 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 50 pages with entries in ink |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Official diary |
Item content | |
| Creation date range (d/m/y): | 01/10/1943 to 31/10/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES, TRAINING, HORSES |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | 36th Division 222nd Infantry Regt Mounted Pl 36th Division 36th Mountain Artillery Regt |
| Names: | ISHIDA, Sgt; YAMAMOTO, Sgt |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Qinxian [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 October 1943, recording the activities of the 222nd Infantry Regiment Mounted Platoon while stationed at Qinxian in China. It contains a full list of platoon members, as well as daily orders and reports concerning unit activities such as marching drill, riding practice, mounted patrols, road maintenance, and the movement of large weapons by horse-drawn cart. The diary also mentions the detachment of some unit members to the36th Mountain Artillery Regiment. It was captured at Hansa Bay in July 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | War diary for the 222nd Infantry Regt Mounted Pl |
| ATIS number: | 500020 |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | ISHIDA, Sgt; YAMAMOTO, Sgt |
| Names (kanji ): | |
| Sender: | |
| Sender (kanji): |  |
| Recipient: | |
| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | 36th Division 222nd Infantry Regt Mounted Pl 36th Division 36th Mountain Artillery Regt |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dai 36 Shidan Hohei Dai 222 Rentai Jôba Shôtai Dai 36 Shidan Yama Hôshôtai |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Hansa Bay |
| Date of acquisition: | 07/29/1944 |
Other information | |
| Notes: | |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:05:40 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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