Item title: | Paybook for 1st Class Pte IWAMOTO Chôgo |
Title (romaji): | Rikugun Ittôhei Iwamoto Chôgo no bôkyû shiharai shôhyo |
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Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/2/500193) 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 1/2/500193 |
Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
Inst. sub-series: | 1/2/- Items registered by ATIS as "B" documents |
Item: | 1/2/500193 |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 20 mimeographed pages with entries in ink and pencil |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Paybook |
Item content | |
Creation date range (d/m/y): | 01/08/1941 to 26/11/1943 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS, SALARIES |
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Japanese unit names: | 20th Division 26th Field Artillery Regt |
Names: | IWAMOTO Chôgo, 1st Class Pte; INOUE Tsunetoku, Paymaster Maj; TSUMOTO Yoshitarô, Paymaster Lt |
Languages: | Japanese |
Area: | Palau Island [Central Pacific, Caroline Islands] Hansa Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Wewak–Madang Area] |
Content: | This item is a paybook issued in August 1941 to a 1st Class Private IWAMOTO Chôgo from the 26th Field Artillery Regiment, and recording salary payments made to him between August 1941 and November 1943. At the front of the paybook is a list of instructions for its care and use, as well as a list of ranks and special allowances calculating the rate of pay due to Pte IWAMOTO. The rest of the book consists of pages divided into columns for recording monthly payments, with spaces for the signature of the payee and paymaster. These sections have been filled in and stamped by paymasters INOUE and TSUMOTO. This item was captured at Hansa Bay, probably in 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
Title: | Paybook for 1st Class Pte IWAMOTO Chôgo |
ATIS number: | 500193 |
Item status: | Original document |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Names: | IWAMOTO Chôgo, 1st Class Pte; INOUE Tsunetoku, Paymaster Maj; TSUMOTO Yoshitarô, Paymaster Lt |
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Japanese unit names: | 20th Division 26th Field Artillery Regt |
Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dai 20 Shidan Yasen Hôhei Dai 26 Rentai |
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Place of acquisition: | Hansa Bay |
Date of acquisition: | 08/03/1944 |
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Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:05:51 AM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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