| Item title: | Maps of secret landing locations in the New Britain-Finschhafen area |
| Title (romaji): | Ibogi-Finshu fukinkan shûtei hitoku ichi yôzu |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500073/1) 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 1/2/500073/1 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/500073/1 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 22 pages, hand-drwan mimeographed copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Map |
Item content | |
| Creation date range (d/m/y): | ?/04/1943 to ?/09/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, MAPS, MILITARY OPERATIONS |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | 1st Marine Engineer Regt 1st Coy |
| Names: | ODA Katsu, Capt |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Sag Sag [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Umboi Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Bismarck Sea, Vitiaz Strait] Bumi River [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen Area] Madang [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
| Content: | This item is a set of hand-drawn area maps and elevation diagrams that were constructed in 1943 for the 1st Marine Engineer Regiment to provide detailed information about naval routes and secret docking locations in the area between Finschhafen and Ibogi in New Britain, probably in connection with the Japanese fortification of the Finschhafen area in 1943. On the first sheet is an index of the 20 areas covered by the maps which include the western tip of New Britain (Ibogi*, Natamo, Karaiai*, Tsurubu Point*, Sag Sag, Kilige*, Bushing Point* and Marcus Point ), Umboi Island, Sio, the Bumi and Bubui* Rivers, and Finschhafen. Features such as reefs, rivers, mountains and any Japanese facilities such as bases or communications posts clearly marked, and some of the maps also contain instructions for specific missions to be carried out, such as reconnaissance and scout missions on the 6th and 22nd of April. This item was captured at Madang, probably in 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Maps of secret landing locations in the New Britain-Finschhafen area |
| ATIS number: | 500073/1 |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | ODA Katsu, Capt |
| Names (kanji ): | |
| Sender: | |
| Sender (kanji): |  |
| Recipient: | |
| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | 1st Marine Engineer Regt 1st Coy |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Senpaku Kôhei Dai 1 Rentai Dai 1 Chûtai |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Madang |
| Date of acquisition: | |
Other information | |
| Notes: | Place names marked with an asterisk (*) have not yet been entered in the AJRP Area Thesaurus |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:08:24 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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