The soldier who had these was; "Gilbert Kerr MacKenzie", N247489 (born Sydney, enlisted Marrackville) on 6 Nov 1941, Age 18 years, 9 mths. Transferred to 2nd AIF 12 Nov 1942 as number NX132907. Promoted in the field to Lieut, 4 Feb 1945. Posted to “Z” Special Unit. Discharged 14 Aug 1946. Last Rank Lieut in WW2. Later Colonel when retired. Last Unit - “Z” Special Unit.1. & 2. White silk maps, printing in black ink. Topographer information, roads and rivers shown. It aso shows place names and border lines, i.e. British North Borneo, China Sea, Dutch Borneo. It covers 109.5 to 116 degrees East and 0.5 to 116 degrees North Lat. On the maps are printed Divisional areas - 1st to 5th Division. The maps are not hemmed. Words are in English.ww2, silk maps, pacific war, z special unit, gilbert kerr mackenzie

Item collected by Gilbert Kerr Mackenzie No NX132907. Refer Cat No 10820.2 for his service details.When folded this is a pocket sized booklet. The cover is brown buckram. The inside of cover is white "Buckram". It has a hem around the edges, single stitching. One side has a tab which fits into a mating strip. This side has a box printed on it within which are two small and four large Japanese characters. The other side has a large box with four large Japanese characters surmounted with a five pointed star. When opened, the inner flaps also slot together. There are numerous pages of Japanese text on paper. Half of the pages are printed in red ink. Half in black ink. Near the rear of the book are some blank pages. There is a buckram "pocket" sewn to that flap.Google translater states it belonged to "Tadao Tanazawa"ww2, handbook, imperial japanese army