| Item title: | War diary for the 222nd Infantry Regt Pom-Pom Gun Coy |
| Title (romaji): | Hohei Dai 222 Rentai Sokushahô Chûtai |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500016) 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 1/2/500016 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/500016 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 70 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| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |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): | 01/08/1943 to 31/08/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES, TRAINING |
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| Japanese unit names: | 36th Division 222nd Infantry Regt Pom-Pom Gun Coy 36th Division Ordnance Dept |
| Names: | KAKIZAKI, Sub-Lt; ONO, Sub-Lt; KUDÔ, WO |
| 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 August 1943, recording the activities of the 222nd Infantry Regiment Pom-Pom Gun Company while stationed at Qinxian in Shanxi, China. It contains various lists of unit members and their assigned duties, as well as daily orders and reports concerning the education and training of the unit, including activities such as artillery drill, weapons maintenance and transport by horse-drawn vehicles, surveillance and patrol duties, and preparation for unit inspections. The diary also mentions communications and dispatches between this unit and the 36th Division Ordinance Department, and at the back of the diary is a transcript of the formal initiation address to new unit members. It was captured at Hansa Bay in 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | War diary for the 222nd Infantry Regt Pom-Pom Gun Coy |
| ATIS number: | 500016 |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | KAKIZAKI, Sub-Lt; ONO, Sub-Lt; KUDÔ, WO |
| Names (kanji ): | |
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| Sender (kanji): |  |
| Recipient: | |
| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | 36th Division 222nd Infantry Regt Pom-Pom Gun Coy 36th Division Ordnance Dept |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dai 36 Shidan Hohei Dai 222 Rentai Sokushahô Chûtai;Dai 36 Shidan Heikibu |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Hansa Bay |
| Date of acquisition: | 07/29/1944 |
Other information | |
| Notes: | |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:08:14 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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