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Anonymous Japanese Soldier (80th Regiment, Ija)
Private Record
COPY OF TRANSLATION OF DIARY TAKEN FROM THE BODY OF A JAPANESE SOLDIER. NOTES HUNGER, CASUALTIES, FEVER, AUSTRALIANS AND BOMBING BY THE AMERICANS. VERY DESPAIRING - COVERS PERIOD 1 OCT - 16 NOV, 1943PR84/143
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Arisaka Type 99 Sniper Rifle : Imperial Japanese Army
Technology
Arisaka Type 99 Sniper Rifle. Bolt action receiver marked with a Chrysanthemum Japanese characters, the Nagoya Arsenal stamp and the serial number. This rifle is fitted with a 4X7 telescopic sight, se...REL/07214
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Arisaka Type 97 Sniper Rifle : Imperial Japanese Army
Technology
Arisaka Type 97 Sniper Rifle. Bolt action receiver marked with a Chrysanthemum and the serial number. This rifle is fitted with a monopod at the fore-end and a telescopic sight. The cleaning rod is mi...REL/07061.001
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Autographed good luck flag carried by Japanese soldier Honda in the New Guinea campaign
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag featuring numerous patriotic slogans in black ink. Apart from the traditional wish for long-lasting good fortune in war there is a dedication from instruct...RELAWM30833
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Autographed good luck flag carried by Japanese soldier, Ito Isamu, in New Guinea
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with slogans and signatures in black ink characters. Presented to Ito Isamu by Fujita Shinjiro, mayor of the village of Toyonishi. Apart from the tradition...RELAWM32205
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Autographed good luck flag carried by Japanese soldier Matsushita Hiroaki in New Guinea
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with many small Japanese characters, in radial pattern, drawn on one side only. Apart from the traditional wish for long-lasting good fortune in war and th...REL24440
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Autographed good luck flag carried by Japanese soldier Zushi Ippei : Lieutenant G Morris, ANGAU
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cotton Japanese national flag, signed in ink by members of family and home town and presented to Zushi Ippei. Patriot slogans featured on the flag include 'Show patriotism for the homeland'; 'Pray for...REL34743
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Browning M1921A1 Heavy Machine Gun : Private Edward Kenna VC, 2/4 Battalion AIF
Technology
Browning M1921A1 water cooled heavy machine gun. This weapon is very rusted and is without a lock. The water jacket has been punctured in several places and parts of the recoiling mechanism are missin...RELAWM24834
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Captain Tukutchi
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of Captain Tukutchi, Japanese prisoner of war.ART29848
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Carcano Model 91/24 Carbine
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Carcano Model 91/24 bolt action carbine. Hexagonal knox form stamped 918 ROMA OR-O and the serial number. Full wood stock and top hand guard with a bayonet boss end cap. Rear sight broken. Missing the...REL33524
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Cherry blossoms
Art
Maker: Murayama, I
A river winding through a snow covered Japanese landscape, with several houses, pine trees and mountains. It was painted by Lieutenant Colonel Murayama, the Commanding Officer of surrendered Japanese ...ART91941
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Dead Japanese, Old Vickers Position
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts an image of the body of a young, dead Japanese soldier. This is a study for 'Taking Old Vickers Position, Bobdubi Ridge, 28 July 1943'.ART22509
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Dick Ashton sketching Japanese Warrant Officer doing batman duties
Art
Maker: Thompson, Robert
Dick Ashton, most likely official war artist with the Army Military History Section, Julian Richard Ashton, sketches a Japanese prisoner of war undertaking batman duties.ART28711
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Engraved cigarette case : Major I A Wilson, 10 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Aluminium cigarette case with side hinge and spring clasp. The front is engraved with a Japanese soldier holding his rifle and a map of East China showing towns, shipping and railway routes. The case ...REL35289
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Engraved Japanese bowl : Major I A Wilson, 10 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese soldier's aluminium bowl. Engraved on the inside is a tropical scene which includes a boat with sail, large sun and hut. The side carries an engraving of the general service 'rising sun' badg...REL35294
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Engraved Japanese mess tin lid : Major I A Wilson, 10 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Kidney shaped aluminium mess tin lid. On the top is an engraved with a tropical scene which includes an boat with sail large sun and hut. In the middle of the scene is a makers mark, circular in shape...REL35293
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Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO) Leaflets, Second World War, 1939-1945
Published Collection
Maker: Far Eastern Liaison Office
The Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO) Leaflet collection comprises approximately 500 propaganda leaflets were created and dropped in areas of Papua, New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, Malaya and Sin...RC00266
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Field Operating Surgical Kit : Japanese Army
Technology
Maker: H Maki
Japanese Army field operating surgical kit consisting of three removable layers of instruments housed in a nickel plated brass case. The hinged lid of the case is fastened by a pair of securing clips...RELAWM32761
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Giving wounded Japanese prisoner water
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts unidentified Australian soldier giving wounded Japanese prisoners-of-war water, New Guinea.ART25747
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Hauling dead Japanese from foxholes
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts the 2/3 Australian Independent Company removing dead Japanese from Foxholes, Timbered Knoll, New Guinea.ART22558
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Hisaeda Akiyoshi, Private
Private Record
Transcription of captured Japanese soldier's diary, describing general conditions, activities, air raids. Particular reference is made to landings at Rabaul and Buna, fighting at Kokoda, and battle of...PR91/040
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Hisaeda, Akiyoshi (Private, IJA, b.? - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Hisaeda, Akiyoshi
DIARY OF JAPANESE NAVAL CONSCRIPT. ENGLISH TRANSLATION. COVERS EXPERIENCES FROM TIME OF JOINING IMP JAPANESE NAVY, EXPERIENCES IN NEW GUINEA UNTIL TIME OF DEATH, 1942. COPY OF ARTICLE PUBLISHED ABOUT ...3DRL/4005
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Japanese Army NCO's shin-gunto sword and scabbard : Major General Sir W J V Windeyer, 20 Brigade
Technology
Maker: Kokura Arsenal
Japanese Army NCO's shin-gunto sword and scabbard. The hilt (tsuka) is made of cast aluminium, shaped to resemble the officer's type which had rayskin hilts, cherry blossom hilt ornaments (menuki) and...REL38999
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Japanese canvas bag with zip : Major I A Wilson, 10 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Canvas bag with zip and wrist handle. The zip has the makers name on it 'TOKYO SHUTTER CO.' On the front of the bag are two Japanese characters stitched in cotton.REL35295
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Japanese flag with appliqued skull and crossbones, captured by 2/4 Battalion, 1944
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese national flag, possibly a unit or personal flag, of similar size to a soldier's personal 'good luck' flag. A white skull and crossbones has been appliqued onto the red hinamaru, presumably at...REL/03254
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Japanese good luck flag : Lance Corporal M A McCormack, 2/9 Battalion Machine Gun Section
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Printed rayon Japanese national flag, with good luck and patriotic exhortations written in black ink characters, including phrases such as 'Pray for long life and good fortune in battle', 'Never stop ...REL36130
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Japanese inkan stamp : Captain B H Peterson, Regimental Medical Officer, 2/7 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small brown container with Japanese inkan stamp or 'chop' used as a personal seal in lieu of a signature. The character translates to the original owner's name 'Koshitani'.REL40654
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Japanese Invasion Money British Oceania 1 shilling note: Major I A Wilson, 10 Field Ambulance
Technology
Maker: Japanese Government
Japanese Invasion Money British Oceania 1 shilling note, series OC. The note has been circulated and has a central vertical fold mark. The one edge is lightly stained and rumpled.RELC02927
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Japanese ofuda from Narita Shrine : Sergeant J W Marsh, M Special Unit
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small rectangular wooden charm or ofuda, lightly heat branded with three characters for the Shinto Shrine at Narita. A small hole has been drilled through it at the top.REL36394
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Japanese oil bottle : Sergeant J W Marsh, M Special Unit
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Small black Bakelite oil bottle for a Japanese firearm. The bottle has one curved and one flat side, with a screw top lid bearing a thin metal rod with a piece of cotton rag tied to the tip, which wou...REL36395
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Japanese paybook : Mitsuo Hamano, 237 Regiment, 41st Division, Imperial Japanese Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A collection of items taken from a dead Japanese soldier. They are: 1. A small, ten-paged Japanese paybook with a green grain pattern cover with "Soldier's paybook" stamped in black in Japanese script...REL33429
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Japanese prisoner
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of an unidentified Japanese prisoner of war.ART25761
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Japanese prisoner awaiting interrogation
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting an unidentified Japanese prisoner of war awaiting interrogation at Luain, New Guinea.ART21666
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Japanese prisoner, (Bougainville)
Art
Maker: Herman, Sali
Portrait of a Japanese soldier at Bougainville, New Guinea. 'At this time prisoners were very scarce and our Intelligence objected for reasons of their own to portraying any of them. The one I painted...ART22850
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Japanese prisoners getting medicine, Babiang
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Shows a group of unidentified Australian soldier providing medicine for unidentified Japanese prisoners, Babiang, New Guinea.ART26756
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Japanese rubberised canvas pouch containing bleach : Private S H B Smith, 10 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Japanese Army khaki rubberised canvas pouch containing bleach. Sewn onto the top of the back of the pouch are two short lengths of cotton tape and a length of shoelace-type cord. There are Japanese ch...REL27613
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Japanese 10 yen note : Major I A Wilson, 10 Field Ambulance
Technology
Maker: Bank of Japan
Japanese 10 yen note, series (601), number 268388, issued by the Bank of Japan. The note has been circulated and has one vertical fold mark. It shows general use wear.RELC02926.001
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Japanese 10 yen note: Major I A Wilson, 10 Field Ambulance
Technology
Maker: Bank of Japan
Japanese 10 yen note, series (540), number 580108, issued by the Bank of Japan. The note has been circulated and has one vertical fold mark. It shows general use wear.RELC02926.002
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KABOIBUS, NEW GUINEA. 1945. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASUTARO NAKAI, COMMANDER OF JAPANESE XX DIVISION.
Photograph
KABOIBUS, NEW GUINEA. 1945. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASUTARO NAKAI, COMMANDER OF JAPANESE XX DIVISION.128806
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Kitamoto, Masamichi (2nd Lieutenant, Independent Engineering 30th Regiment HQ 51st Division, Japanese Army)
Manuscript
Maker: Kitamoto, Masamichi
MANUSCRIPT TITLED "A RECORD OF MARATHON ADVENTURES IN THE NEW GUINEA WAR". DESCRIBES VOYAGE FROM RABAUL TO NEW GUINEA TO CONTACT THE ISOLATED 51ST DIVISION, OPERATION NO 81, THE "KITAMOTO ENGINEERS", ...MSS0679
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Ladies watch : Corporal T R Neeman, 6 Divisional Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Chronometer Crane
Ladies' watch with stainless steel case and small inset dial to show seconds. The watch has a 25cm oblong link chain attached to the case, the the other end of the chain having a metal button for atta...REL30770
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Lieutenant Mitsuba
Art
Maker: Thompson, Robert
Portrait of Lieutenant Mitsuba. The inscription in the upper right corner reads: Lt Mitsuba personally beheaded an unknown number of prisoners. An Indian lieutenant said that one man did not die qui...ART28710
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McAulay, Lex (Historian, b.1939)
Private Record
Maker: McAulay, Alexander Hugh
RESEARCH PAPERS INCLUDING CORRESPONDENCE WITH JAPANESE AND AMERICAN EXSERVICEMEN AND COPIES OF RECORDS IN AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN REPOSITORIES ASSEMBLED FOR HIS BOOK "INTO THE DRAGON'S JAWS: THE FIFTH...PR87/165
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-02-01. A CORPORAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES DEMONSTRATING A JAPANESE ...
Photograph
Maker: Herald Newspaper
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-02-01. A CORPORAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES DEMONSTRATING A JAPANESE CAMOUFLAGE HOOD CAPTURED IN NEW GUINEA.137798
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-02-01. A CORPORAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES DEMONSTRATING A PORTABLE ...
Photograph
Maker: Herald Newspaper
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-02-01. A CORPORAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES DEMONSTRATING A PORTABLE RADIO SET CAPTURED IN NEW GUINEA.137797
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-02-01. A CORPORAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES DEMONSTRATING JAPANESE ...
Photograph
Maker: Herald Newspaper
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-02-01. A CORPORAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES DEMONSTRATING JAPANESE CAMOUFLAGE EYE SHADE FOUND IN NEW GUINEA.137795
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75 mm Type 88 Anti-Aircraft Gun Height and Range Scale
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Height and range scale for Japanese Type 88 75 mm anti aircraft gun. The scale is made from brass and has calibration engraving on it for elevation, range, height and barrel angle. The range scale is ...REL33713
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20 mm Type 97 Anti-tank Rifle
Technology
Type 97 Anti-tank semi automatic rifle. The receiver is marked with the Kokura arsenal symbol of the three interlocking rings, 15.8 (August 1940) and the serial number. IT is an all metal contruction ...RELAWM27098
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Nakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa 'Oscar': Engine cowling propeller and mount
Technology
Maker: Nakajima Hikoki KK
Engine cowling propellor and mount from a Nakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa (Peregrine Falcon) all metal single engine low wing monoplane fighter aircraft. This machine is believed to have been constructed...REL/12326.003
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Nakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa 'Oscar': Mainplane/cockpit
Technology
Maker: Nakajima Hikoki KK
The mainplane/cockpit section from a Nakajima Ki.-43-II Hayabusa (Peregrine Falcon) all metal single engine low wing monoplane fighter aircraft. This machine is believed to have been constructed in 19...REL/12326.002