The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Handwritten translation (7 pages) of a diary allegedly found on the body of a Japanese officer on 17 November 1943. It is dated 1 October - 16 November 1943 and appears to relate to places in the Ramu Valley area of New Guinea. It describes military operations including casualties, scarcity of food especially their reliance on potatoes, living like rats, American bombing and Japanese offensives against Australian troops. A photocopy of a similar translation of the same diary is held at PR85/059.
Typescript translation (1 folio) of an extract from a diary kept by a Japanese Army officer described as being of No. 1 Platoon, No. 2 Company, No. 1 Battalion. The translation is dated 21 to 23 July
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, 1943
Collection consists of a bound, cloth-covered notebook written in Japanese, possibly by somone with the name Yuto Tabei or Isata Tabei. It contains a couple of illustrations and some pages are though
Typescript memoirs (39 pages) of Warrant Officer Eric Woolmer, No. 463 Squadron RAAF. They relate to his service as a wireless operator with the squadron, flying Avro Lancaster aircraft, and then as a
Papers of NX32826 Sergeant John Leslie Lennon, General Base Depot, 8th Division AIF, relating to his service in the Second World War and especially the fall of Singapore and his time in Changi Prisone
Copy of a 3 page Japanese soldier's diary and 4 page translation of the diary. The diary, covering the period 22/4/43-28/4/43, details the discovery of the wreck of an allied aircraft by some Japanese