| Item title: | Charts of ammunition and fuses |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/18) 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 5/18 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-198 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 16 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Administrative document, Equipment list, Inventory |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 1/10/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS, AMMUNITION, GRENADES, ARTILLERY, RIFLES, MINES, MORTARS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 27th Field Ordnance Depot Branch |
| Names: | SHIMIZU, Capt |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Matupi Harbour [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Hollandia (Jayapura) on 27 April 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 ordnance document entitled "Table of quality, volume and weight of ammunition in ammunition box", dated August 1943 and held by Capt SHIMIZU, Mo 2688 Force (27th Field Ordnance Depot Branch at Matupi). It contains a chart listing the details of ammunition for various types of guns and mortars, including grenades, mines, bangalore torpedoes, demolition charges, incendiary grenades and candles. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:34 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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