Item title: | Field diary - Kanda Force |
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Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/6) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
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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 5/6 |
Inst. series: | AWM55 |
Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
Item: | EP-70 |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | 18 pages |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Official diary |
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Creation date (d/m/y): | 30/12/1943 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | MILITARY OPERATIONS, TROOP MOVEMENT, DIARIES, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY |
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Japanese unit names: | 51st Div 115th Regt 2nd Bn Kanda Force |
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Languages: | English |
Area: | Bismarck Sea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] Buso River–Finschhafen Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula] Lae–Markham River Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula] Rabaul [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] |
Content: | This item is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Heath's Plantation in the Lae-Markham River area on 14 September 1943 during the Huon Peninsula campaigns. This item is a field diary of Kanda Force covering activity between 1 February and 29 April 1943, including the movement from Rabaul to Buso River area near Lae and the bombing of the convoy in the Bismarck Sea. |
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Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:04:09 AM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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