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

Title	Japanese and Allied propaganda relating to the Japanese invasion of New Guinea in World War II, 1943-1945
Subject	World War, 1939-1945--Sources World War, 1939-1945--Asia War stories Propaganda Japanese language Dutch East Indies Papua New Guinea
Category	4. World War II
Keywords	invasion
Creator	Kerr, Clark G.
Current holder	National Library of Australia
Period of reference	1943 – 1945
Link	https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1149994
Series number	MS 9002
Item number	1149994
Access rights	Request at location
Rights	Available for reference. Not for loan.
Country of origin	Japan Australia
Place	Brisbane New Guinea Bougainville
Language	English Indonesian Dutch Malay Portuguese Japanese Arabic Hindi
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