| Item title: | Guwa war diary |
| Title (romaji): | Guwa jinchû nisshi |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/212250) 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 1/2/212250 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/212250 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 200 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| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |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): | 01/03/1943 to 18/03/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | 112th Line Of Communication Field Hospital 39th Independent Motor Car Bn 20th Division 79th Infantry Regt |
| Names: | IKUI, Lt |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Bogia [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] Hansa Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] Manam Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] Ramu River [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Ramu River–Finisterre Range] |
| Content: | This item is a war diary for the month of March 1943 recording the activities of a guard unit from the 20th Division 79th Infantry Regt stationed near the 112th LOC Field Hospital at Guwa, in the Ramu River region. One of the primary duties of the unit was the care and transport of sick and injured soldiers between Guwa and Hansa Bay. As well as reports of transport duties carried out in the region, the diary records details such as daily weather conditions, receipt of supplies and ordnance, news of enemy attacks in the region, and any illnesses, casualties or deaths suffered by the unit. It was captured at Hansa Bay in July 1944 |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Guwa war diary |
| ATIS number: | 212250 |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | IKUI, Lt |
| Names (kanji ): | |
| Sender: | |
| Sender (kanji): |  |
| Recipient: | |
| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | 112th Line Of Communication Field Hospital 39th Independent Motor Car Bn 20th Division 79th Infantry Regt |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dai 112 Heitan Yasen Byôin Dokuritsu Jidôsha Dai 39 Daitai 20 Shidan Hohei Dai 79 Rentai |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Hansa Bay |
| Date of acquisition: | 07/10/1944 |
Other information | |
| Notes: | Some of the place names mentioned in this document have not yet been added to the AJRP Area Thesaurus |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:06:31 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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