Major General Magata

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
Period of reference: 1945 – 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