| Item title: | Botora war diary |
| Title (romaji): | Botora jinchû nisshi |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/212252) 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 |
| AJRP folder: | |
Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM 82 1/2/212252 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/212252 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 200 pages printed in ink and carbon copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Official diary |
Item content | |
| Creation date range (d/m/y): | 1/1/1944 to 31/1/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES, CASUALTIES |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | 44th Line Of Communication Guard Unit 2nd Coy 44th Line of Communication Hospital 112th Line of Communication Hospital |
| Names: | IKUI, Lt |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Hansa Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
| Content: | This item is an official diary for the month of January 1944, recording the activities of the 44th Line of Communications Guard Unit while stationed at 'Botora,' in the Hansa Bay district. It contains several maps of the Hansa Bay area, as well as daily orders and reports concerning unit activities such as road building operations, surveillance patrols and barrack maintenance. There are also reports of casualties and damages from enemy attacks in the region, and lists of new and recovering casualties among unit members due to illness and injury, including several copies of certificates notifying individual deaths and illnesses. It was captured at Hansa Bay in July 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Botora war diary |
| ATIS number: | 212252 |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | IKUI, Lt |
| Names (kanji ): | |
| Sender: | |
| Sender (kanji): |  |
| Recipient: | |
| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | 44th Line Of Communication Guard Unit 2nd Coy 44th Line of Communication Hospital 112th Line of Communication Hospital |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dai 44 Heitan Keibitai Dai 2 Chûtai; Dai 44 Heitan Byôin; Dai 112 Heitan Byôin |
| 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 (Botora) have not yet been entered in the AJRP Area Thesaurus |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:06:59 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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