| Item title: | Notes on chemical warfare, protective measures and training: mortar firing |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/19) 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 5/19 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-212 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 39 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Notebook |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 7/10/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | CHEMICAL WARFARE, MORTARS, DISCIPLINE, OBSERVATION POSTS, AMMUNITION, FIRST AID, TRAINING |
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| Names: | KATO, Mitsuo |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Nambariwa [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Fortification Point–Sio Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Namariwa during the Huon Peninsula campaigns and the Japanese retreat across the Finisterre Range. This item is a notebook, dated 2 April to 7 July 1942, on chemical warfare, protective measures and training, communications and mortar firing. It was compiled by KATO Mitsuo, presumably on the basis of lectures given to officer candidates. The document contains fragmentary notes, including sketches, on the basic aspects of chemical warfare, protective clothing, decontamination, types of smoke candles used, first aid, reconnoitring contaminated areas, spiritual discipline, training with blister gas and anti-spray procedures. It also contains notes on operating a light mortar and the organisation of battalion communication and observation squads. This document was most likely brought to New Guinea by a unit previously serving in China where chemical weapons were used. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:07:14 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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