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Major General Magata

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Title
Major General Magata
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
Date
1945
Link
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C275075
Item number
PR00357
Access rights
Open access
Place
Bougainville
Language
Japanese
English
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