| Item title: | Letter to the 8th Military District regarding suspected war criminals |
| Title (romaji): | Sensô hanzainin ni kansuru dai 8 gun kanku ate shokan |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 2/320) 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: | Post-surrender Rabaul material received from HQ 8 Military District |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM 82 2/320 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 2/- Post-surrender material received from HQ 8 Military District (Rabaul) |
| Item: | 2/320 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 7 pages, typed carbon copy and handwritten in ink and pencil |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Correspondence |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 6/4/1946 |
| Conflict code: | Post-war (related to WW2) |
| Keywords: | WAR CRIMINALS - SUSPECTS, UNIT HISTORIES |
| Australian unit names: | 8th Military District |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | South East Area Army 38th Division 229th Infantry Regt 34th Naval Construction Unit 211th Naval Construction Unit 212th Naval Construction Unit 8th Special Land Unit Naval Civil Administration |
| Names: | |
| Sender: | Chief of Staff, South East Area Army |
| Recipient: | Chief of Staff, 8th Military District |
| Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Area: | Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] |
| Content: | This item contains a draft and a carbon copy of a letter from the Chief of Staff of the South East Area Army to his counterpart in the 8th Military District. The carbon copy of the letter dated 6 April 1946 is in English and is accompanied by a draft in Japanese. Attachments to the Japanese draft provide a brief history of the 229th Infantry Regiment. The item also includes a letter from the 5th Camp explaining that a mistranslation resulted in the retention of several navy units for alleged involvement in war crimes. In the letter the sender attempts to clarify that the 229th Regiment was not involved in the Malay operations. He also explains that the 34th, 211th, 212th Construction Units and the 8th Yokosuka Special Ground Unit are retained due to a mistranslation of the term 'Naval Civil Administration.' The Japanese forces translated it as civilians attached to the Imperial Navy and reported to the Australians that the above units contained civilian members. There was an allegation that the Naval Civil Administration (Kaigun Minseibu) had been involved in war crimes. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Letter to the 8th Military District regarding suspected war criminals |
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| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | |
| Names (kanji ): |  |
| Sender: | Chief of Staff, South East Area Army |
| Sender (kanji): | |
| Recipient: | Chief of Staff, 8th Military District |
| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | South East Area Army 38th Division 229th Infantry Regt 34th Naval Construction Unit 211th Naval Construction Unit 212th Naval Construction Unit 8th Special Land Unit Naval Civil Administration |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Nantô Hômengun; Dai 229 Hohei Rentai; Dai 34 Kaigun Setsueitai; Dai 211 Kaigun Setsueitai; Dai 212 Kaigun Setsueitai; Dai 8 Tokubetsu Rikujô Butai; Kaigun Minseibu |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Rabaul Area |
| Date of acquisition: | |
Other information | |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:05:57 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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