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
Link	https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C275075
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