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I need a lot of help translating Japanese. I have just found on FMP the Japanese records of two brothers ( cousins if mine) who were captured by the Japanese in Singapore in WW2.
Trying to make sense of them is driving me mad. I understand from Mr Google that a japanese date is written backwards ie year/month/day, on the attached record the date of capture is 17/2/11, but has presumably been ovewritten in English as 15th Feb 1942. How can one equate to the other?
Also what is the date in the 'Camp' section supposed to be and mean?
Small copy William Prisoners of War 1715-1945 A GBM_POW-GALLIP_1-1-76_01313.jpg
I need a lot of help translating Japanese. I have just found on FMP the Japanese records of two brothers ( cousins if mine) who were captured by the Japanese in Singapore in WW2.
Trying to make sense of them is driving me mad. I understand from Mr Google that a japanese date is written backwards ie year/month/day, on the attached record the date of capture is 17/2/11, but has presumably been ovewritten in English as 15th Feb 1942. How can one equate to the other?
Also what is the date in the 'Camp' section supposed to be and mean?
Small copy William Prisoners of War 1715-1945 A GBM_POW-GALLIP_1-1-76_01313.jpg
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