Item title: | Military notebook for 1st Class Pte IKEMOTO Shigeru |
Title (romaji): | Ikemoto Shigeru ittôhei no gunji techô |
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Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500306) 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 1/2/500306 |
Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
Item: | 1/2/500306 |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | Photocopy, 30 pages, with printed and handwritten entries |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Notebook |
Item content | |
Creation date range (d/m/y): | 25/12/1942 to ?/10/1943 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, MILITARY MISSIONS, DIARIES AND JOURNALS - WAR |
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Japanese unit names: | 17th Division 54th Infantry Regt |
Names: | IKEMOTO Shigeru, 1st Class Pte |
Languages: | Japanese |
Area: | New Britain [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] Awul [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Rabaul [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] |
Content: | This item is a military pocket book belonging to a 1st Class Private IKEMOTO Shigeru from the 3rd Aviation Division 10th Anti-Aircraft Regiment. The notebook was issued to Pte IKEMOTO in 1939, and he possessed it until at least July 1943. At the front of the pocket book are printed copies of the Imperial Rescript on the Armed Forces, and a set of "Military Rules" concerning soldier behaviour and morale. The back of the pocket book contains Pte IKEMOTO's private notes on his military career, including his transfer to the 54th Infantry Regiment, his hospitalisation for medical treatment and his participation in various military operations in the Rabaul area. This item was captured at Awul in June 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
Title: | Military notebook for 1st Class Pte IKEMOTO Shigeru |
ATIS number: | 500306 |
Item status: | Photocopy - original document repatriated |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Names: | IKEMOTO Shigeru, 1st Class Pte |
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Japanese unit names: | 17th Division 54th Infantry Regt |
Japanese unit names (romaji): | Tôbu Dai 1992 Butai Dai 3 Hikô Shidan Dai 10 Yasen Kôsha Hôtai Dai 1 Shidan Dai 10 Yasen Kôsha Hôtai |
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Place of acquisition: | Awul |
Date of acquisition: | 06/06/1944 |
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Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:07:52 AM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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