| Item title: | Firing instructions for anti-aircraft and anti-submarine defence of ships |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/24) 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 5/24 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-281 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 20 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 13/1/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | ANTI SUBMARINE, ANTI AIRCRAFT, ARTILLERY, MILITARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Noemfoor Island [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 Kamiri on Noemfoor Island on 8 July 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 "Firing instructions for anti-aircraft and anti-submarine defense of ships", issued on 15 May 1942 by the Inspectorate of Artillery Troops. It provides detailed instructions for posting lookouts, methods of observing, firing methods, communications and firing charts. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:07:15 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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