| Item title: | Characteristics and use of red candles |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/22) 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 5/22 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-244 (supplement) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 15 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 19/12/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | CHEMICAL WARFARE, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, WEAPONS, MILITARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL, MILITARY TRAINING, TRAINING |
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| Japanese unit names: | 12th Army Staff Training Unit |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Philippines Noemfoor Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] China–Hong Kong |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Namber (Noemfoor Island) on 1 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 an extract from an pamphlet entitled "Red candles discharge", issued in February 1941 by 12th Army Staff Training Unit and is a supplement to EP-244 and supersedes that document from page 8 onwards. It contains information on the construction, characteristics, effect and methods of ignition, tactical value of a "gas meteorology". It also contains notes and sketches on the Type 88 Smoke Candle (Type 94). This document would most likely have been brought to Dutch New Guinea by units having serving in China or the Philippines where chemical weapons were used. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:07 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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