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Item title: Field diary and battle reports, No. 3 Battery, 50th Field Anti-aircraft Gun Battalion, November 1942 - January 1943
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/2)
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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 5/2
Inst. series: AWM55
Inst. sub-series: AWM55 5/-
Item: EP-22 Part 1
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 109 pages
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Official diary
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): 29/6/1943
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:ANTI AIRCRAFT, ARTILLERY, DIARIES AND JOURNALS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Japanese unit names:50th Field Anti-aircraft Gun Bn No. 3 Bty
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Languages: English
Area:Manchuria
Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain]
New Guinea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)]
Solomon Islands [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)]
Content: This item is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured on the Trobriand Islands on 16 March 1943. This field diary covers the daily orders, incident reports and billeting arrangements for the No. 3 Battery, 50th Field Anti-aircraft Gun Battalion in Manchuria in November 1942 prior to departure for Rabaul. It also contains combat reports of actions in New Britain in late December 1942 and January 1943, including rudimentary firing maps. It also contains extracts of speeches delivered by senior Japanese officers.
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Last modified:03/05/2009 09:05:34 AM
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