| Item title: | Reference on detection and disposal of land mines |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/35) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS enemy publications |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 5/35 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-385 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 121 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 2/6/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | MINE DETECTORS, MINEFIELDS, LAND MINES, BOOBY TRAPS, MILITARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL, MILITARY TRAINING, DOGS, GRENADES, EXPLOSIVE DEVICES |
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| Japanese unit names: | Army Engineer School |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Maffin [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Maffin on 30 June 1944 during the Allied attacks on Japanese positions in northern Dutch New Guinea, which were intended to isolate the 18th Army at Wewak. This item is a manual entitled "Reference on detection and disposal of land mines", issued in September 1943 by the Army Engineer School. It contains information on a range of topics related to land mines including: a general outline of anti-land mine techniques, mine search and clearance, marking, search and disposal of mines when attacking, foreign (Russian, British and Chinese) land mines and methods of employment, training, duties of marker squads, booby traps, and land mine precautions. The manual also contains a description of a "trained dog battalion" which involved four companies of 250 dogs trained to carry mines and crawl under approaching tanks. The manual also recommended that, during a march through mines areas, prisoners of war, natives or animals should march in advance of the column. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:07:13 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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