Item title: | Record of meritorious service for deceased soldier YOSHIDA Kunihiro |
Title (romaji): | Shibotsusha Yoshida Kunihiro Jôtôhei kôseki meibo |
Title (kanji) | |
Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500035) 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 |
AJRP folder: | Records of meritorious service for deceased soldiers from the 78th Infantry Regiment |
Location details | |
Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
Call number: | AWM 82 1/2/500035 |
Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
Item: | 1/2/500035 |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | 4 pages with hand-written entries in ink |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Administrative document, Service record |
Item content | |
Creation date (d/m/y): | 09/01/1943 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS, DEATH CERTIFICATE, MALARIA |
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Japanese unit names: | 20th Division 78th Infantry Regt 1st Infantry Gun Det 20th Division 78th Infantry Regt Conscript Reserve 1st Machine Gun Coy 20th Division 2nd Field Hospital |
Names: | YOSHIDA Kunihiro, Pte; ZEITA, 2nd Lt |
Sender: | ZEITA, 2nd Lt |
Languages: | Japanese |
Area: | Marienberg [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] Hansa Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] Palau Island [Central Pacific, Caroline Islands] Anamo [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
Content: | This item is a record of service for Superior Private YOSHIDA Kunihiro of the 78th Infantry Regiment 1st Infantry Gun Detachment, who died of malaria in the 20th Division 2nd Field Hospital at Marienberg in January 1944. As well as the date and cause of death, the document lists YOSHIDA's service record in the Imperial Army, beginning with his induction into the 78th Infantry Regiment Conscript Reserve 1st Machine Gun Company in 1941. YOSHIDA subsequently took part in military operations at Palau before landng with his unit at Hansa Bay in May 1943. This item was captured at Anamo in July 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
Title: | Record of meritorious service for deceased soldier YOSHIDA Kunihiro |
ATIS number: | 1/2/500035 |
Item status: | Original document |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Names: | YOSHIDA Kunihiro, Pte; ZEITA, 2nd Lt |
Names (kanji ): | |
Sender: | ZEITA, 2nd Lt |
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Recipient: | |
Recipient (kanji): | ![]() |
Japanese unit names: | 20th Division 78th Infantry Regt 1st Infantry Gun Det 20th Division 78th Infantry Regt Conscript Reserve 1st Machine Gun Coy 20th Division 2nd Field Hospital |
Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dai 20 Shidan Hohei Dai 78 Rentai Dai 1 Hohei Hôshôtai Dai 20 Shidan Hohei Dai 78 Rentai Hojûtai Dai 1 Kikanjû Chûtai Dai 20 Shidan Dai 2 Yasen Byôin |
Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
Place of acquisition: | Anamo |
Date of acquisition: | 07/20/1944 |
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Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:08:09 AM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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