| Item title: | Diary of Vice Admiral KUSAKA Jin'ichi (1943) |
| Title (romaji): | KUSAKA Jin'ichi no nikki |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 2/329) 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: | Post-surrender Rabaul material received from HQ 8 Military District |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM 82 2/329 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 2/- Post-surrender material received from HQ 8 Military District (Rabaul) |
| Item: | 2/329 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 book, approx. 470 pages with entries in ink |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Private |
| Category: | Personal diary |
Item content | |
| Creation date range (d/m/y): | 1/1/1943 to 31/12/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, DIARIES |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | 11th Air Fleet South East Area Fleet |
| Names: | KUSAKA Jin'ichi, Vice Adm |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Bismarck Archipelago [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] Bougainville [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] New Guinea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] Papua [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] Guadalcanal [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Solomon Islands] |
| Content: | This item is a diary belonging to Vice Admiral KUSAKA Jin'ichi, who served concurrently as the Commander-in-Chief of the 11th Air Fleet, and the South East Area Fleet. The item covers the year 1943 entirely. Daily entries discuss personal activities, orders given and the Imperial Navy's performance of the day. The weather, temperature and in-coming and out-going correspondences are also recorded. He was stationed in Rabaul for the entire year. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Diary of Vice Admiral KUSAKA Jin'ichi (1943) |
| ATIS number: | |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Private |
| Names: | KUSAKA Jin'ichi, Vice Adm |
| Names (kanji ): | |
| Sender: | |
| Sender (kanji): |  |
| Recipient: | |
| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | 11th Air Fleet South East Area Fleet |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Dai 11 Kôkû Kantai; Nantô Hômen Kantai |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Rabaul Area |
| Date of acquisition: | |
Other information | |
| Notes: | This item is fragile and needs conservation. |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:06:11 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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