| Item title: | To officers and men of the Japanese Army (pictorial leaflet) |
| Title (romaji): | Nihongun shôhei shokun |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (7/9/12 J217) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial leaflets |
| AJRP series: | Far Eastern Liaison Office propaganda leaflets |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | 7/9/12 J217 |
| Inst. series: | Various |
| Inst. sub-series: | |
| Item: | J217 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 4 pages, print and mimeographed copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Leaflet |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 17/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | PACIFIC WAR, PROPAGANDA, LEAFLET DROPPING |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | FAR EASTERN LIAISON OFFICE |
| Japanese unit names: | |
| Names: | |
| Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Area: | Australia Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands) Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) |
| Content: | This item is a Japanese-language propaganda leaflet produced by the Far Eastern Liaison Office during the Second World War. The leaflet includes a number of photos depicting the life of Japanese POWs in Australia. The text includes extracts from the Geneva Convention and details how POWs are treated at internment camps in Australia. An English translation of the text is provided. 100,000 of them were printed. 45,600 of these leaflets were dispatched to Darwin on 21 August 1944, 15,000 to Torokina on 23 September 1944, and about 140,000 to Torokina between 2 September and 29 October 1944. |
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Other information | |
| Notes: | The register book shows the total number of despatchment which is more than the number of prints. |
| Last modified: | 11/28/2001 04:17:32 PM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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