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Japanese and Allied propaganda relating to the Japanese invasion of New Guinea in World War II, 1943-1945

Place
Brisbane
New Guinea
Bougainville
Subject
Category
Keywords
invasion
Creator
Kerr, Clark G.
Current holder
Link
Series number
MS 9002
Item number
1149994
Access rights
Request at location
Rights
Available for reference. Not for loan.
Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1943 to 1945
Description from source
42 cm. (3 boxes).

Folders 1-16, 18-19: Japanese and Allied propaganda relating to the Japanese invasion of New Guinea in World War II. The documents chiefly consist of leaflets and newspaper extracts, and some distribution instructions, in languages such as English, Indonesian, Malay, Japanese, Chinese, Dutch, Portuguese, Tetum (Timorese), Arabic, Hindi and Pidgin English, which were printed for distribution in Borneo, Sarawak, Brunei, Timor, Bougainville, Morotai, Java and other places in the region. Official English translations are attached to many of the items, some of which include a pictorial component.
Folder 17: Typescript reminiscences of C.G. Kerr, Australian soldier, in which he describes a paroled Japanese prisoner of war who assisted with leaflet writing targeted at the Japanese; photograph of Kerr, taken in Brisbane, 1943.
Physical format
Pamphlets
Propaganda
Photographs
Records
Typescripts
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