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Montevideo Maru Prisoners of war and internees list (in Japanese)

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Abstract

A document in two parts, one section typed in English, the other handwritten in a combination of Japanese scripts – Katakana (phonetic), Kanji and Hirakana. The list in Japanese scripts is titled 'A Name List of Prisoners of War and Internees who were lost on the Montevideo Maru'. In it are details of 1053 Australians and others (178 non-commissioned officers, 667 soldiers and 208 civilians) who died on the Montevideo Maru.
SubjectPrisoners of war--Australia
Category4. World War II
Current HolderNational Archives of Australia
Date1942
Item Number384308
Access RightsRequest at location
Country Of OriginJapan
Language Japanese
Secondary LanguagesEnglish
Description From Source
The National Archives of Australia has recently acquired what is reliably thought to be the most complete list of those on The Montevideo Maru when it was sunk in July 1942. The list is in two parts – Japanese and English. The Japanese part has the names of all Australian servicemen who were prisoners of war (POWS) and civilian internees on board – the English part lists the POWs. A translated copy of the Japanese list (entire list) is available to browse The deaths on the Montevideo Maru were not fully revealed in Australia until after the end of the war. An Australian Army officer sent to Tokyo to investigate POW matters located a nominal list in Japanese of those on board when it sank. Expert historical opinion considers it likely that this recently-acquired list is a copy containing the same information.
Physical FormatTypescripts
Related Resources https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=384308&S=1
https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclopedia/montevideo_maru
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