Place	Bougainville
Subject	World War, 1939-1945–Sources War stories War poetry Military history Manuscripts, Japanese Correspondence
Category	4. World War II
Creator	Major General Magata
Current holder	Australian War Memorial
Item number	PR00357
Access rights	Open access
Language	Japanese English
Period of reference	1945
Description from source	3 items Postcard in Japanese, origin unknown. Copy of a letter from Magata to Brigadier Garrett concerning the handing over of Japanese swords, and the importance attached to these ‘Nipponto’. Copy of a poem by an Australian ironically referring to the “Mopping Up” operations on Bougainville.
Physical format	Postcards Correspondence Poetry