Claudius Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Hello; I wanted to share my newest acquisition. It was the first one I have ever saw for a Japanese soldier who was at the siege of Tsingtau. An early translation: Paybook/ID to Private 1st class Tokuji Nishimura 18th Division, 18th Transport Battalion Departed Nagasaki on September 13th, 1914 (third year of Taisho) Landed at Longkou, China on September 17th Participated in the Siege of Tsingtau from October 29th to November 7th. Returned to Japan (Nagasaki?) on December 7th. Received the Emperor’s imperial edict of reward (encouragement). any comments or clarifications are welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracA Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Hello Claudius, A wonderful 1912 - 1930 passbook. You might want to check out Nick Komiya's amazing passbook thread on the War Relics Forum, here: https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/japanese-militaria/evolution-japanese-army-passbook-1871-1945-a-708090/. In particular, check out Nick's 09-08-2018, 03:15 PM #15 post on the second page. All the best, Tracy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudius Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 Thank you Tracy for this link! There is some great information here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gensui Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 Hi Claudius, Nice item! Are you switching now to the enemy side, because you alredy picked up all German related Tsingtao items? 🤣 BR, Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudius Posted June 27 Author Share Posted June 27 7 hours ago, Gensui said: Hi Claudius, Nice item! Are you switching now to the enemy side, because you alredy picked up all German related Tsingtao items? 🤣 BR, Chris Hello Chris, It does appear like that! 😆. But there might be some German related Tsingtao items that I don’t own. 😆 I thought it was a wonderful document considering that it was carried by the soldier throughout the siege. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gensui Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 Absolutely! It’s always good to have a look on the „other side“. BR, Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudius Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 Regarding the photos I provided, can any give me an overall idea what is presented on each page? name/ rank dates of service service destination/ activities I would just like to line up the information known about Mr. Nishimura, with the page the information is found. thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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