| Item title: | Affairs regarding POWs |
| Title (romaji): | Furyo no jôkyô |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 2/302) 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 2/302 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 2/- Post-surrender material received from HQ 8 Military District (Rabaul) |
| Item: | 2/302 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 book, 42 pages, handwritten mimeographed copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Administrative document, Personnel list |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 30/8/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Post-war (related to WW2) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, PERSONNEL DOCUMENTS, PRISONERS OF WAR |
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| Japanese unit names: | South East Area Army |
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| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] |
| Content: | This item contains brief information on Allied POWs who were captured in the area controlled by the South East Area Army and those who were captured elsewhere and transferred to Rabaul. Of the 69 Allied soldiers captured since March 1943, eight were alive in Rabaul at the time of Japan's surrender and 10 had been transferred to Japan. Fifty four British POWs were transferred from the 17th Army to the South East Area Army in March 1943. After 33 of these British POWs had lost their lives due to malaria, the rest were transferred to Watom Island. There were 18 POWs alive on the island when the war ended. Attachments include lists of POWs who had been held by the South East Area Army since March 1943. These lists are identical with those attached to AWM 82 2/301. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Affairs regarding POWs |
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| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
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| Names (kanji ): |  |
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| Japanese unit names: | South East Area Army |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Nantô Hômengun |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Rabaul Area |
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Other information | |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:05:30 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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