| Item title: | War diary for the 39th Independent Motor Car Bn 4th Coy |
| Title (romaji): | Dokuritsu Jidôsha Dai 39 Daitai Dai 4 Chûtai jinchû nisshi |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500021) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | AWM 82 captured Japanese documents |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS material registered as B documents |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM 82 1/2/500021 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
| Item: | 1/2/500021 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 50 pages with entries in carbon copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Official diary |
Item content | |
| Creation date range (d/m/y): | 01/11/1943 to 30/11/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES, TRANSPORT |
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| Japanese unit names: | 39th Independent Motor Car Bn 4th Coy |
| Names: | TAKENAKA, Sgt Maj; SHIMOMURA, Lt; SHIMADA, Lt; WAKABAYASHI, 2nd Lt |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Erima [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] Yaula [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Ramu River–Finisterre Range] Wewak [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] Madang [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
| Content: | This item is an official diary for the month of November 1943 recording the activities of the 4th Company of the 39th Independent Motor Car Battalion, while stationed at Erima in the Wewak Madang region of New Guinea. It contains daily reports and orders concerning unit activities, including road building, transport duties between Erima and Yaula, and construction of barracks. There are also reports of shell attacks from enemy warships, special orders concerning the fortification of the coastal line of defence, and a transcript of a battle report from fighting in the Finisterre Range. It was probably captured at Hansa Bay in July 1944 |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | War diary for the 39th Independent Motor Car Bn 4th Coy |
| ATIS number: | 500021 |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | TAKENAKA, Sgt Maj; SHIMOMURA, Lt; SHIMADA, Lt; WAKABAYASHI, 2nd Lt |
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| Sender (kanji): |  |
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| Japanese unit names: | 39th Independent Motor Car Bn 4th Coy |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dokuritsu Jidôsha Dai 39 Daitai Dai 4 Chûtai |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | New Guinea |
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Other information | |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:06:31 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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