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

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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