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Item: During the Second World War and earlier conflicts, Japanese soldiers received a military pocketbook (軍隊手帳 – Guntai Techō). This was their official identity and service booklet, which they were required to carry at all times. It contained personal information, military unit and rank, training records, equipment details, medical information, and service history stamps. Many booklets also included personal notes or good luck charms. It was an important military document, comparable to the German Soldbuch.
Condition: The soldier’s paybook is in excellent condition for its age.
The book contains all information about this soldier who fought in the Second World War. This soldier witnessed many battles and survived the end of the war! Read his story below! These paybooks are rare, especially with this much recorded combat action.
Soldier History – Miura Shinpei (三浦 新平)
Name: Miura Shinpei (三浦 新平)
Nationality: Japanese
Place of Birth/Residence: Nishiki Village,
Goshogawa District, Hokkaido, Japan
Date of Birth: 1 January 1918 (Taishō 7)
Height: Not listed
Occupation before service: Farmer (農夫)
Father: Not recorded
Martial Arts Qualification:
• Judo – 3rd Dan
• Kendo – 2nd Dan
Behavior: No punishments or disciplinary
actions recorded
Service Branch
Imperial Japanese Army – Infantry (歩兵)
Unit: Sendai Recruitment Area → Assigned to China Expeditionary Forces (中支派遣軍)
Division Involvement: Attached to operational units of the 13th Division
Rank Progression:
• Started as: Private Second Class (二等兵)
• Final rank: Corporal (伍長)
War Participation – Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
Miura Shinpei served as an active front-line infantryman during the war in China. His paybook records over 40 confirmed combat actions (stamped entries).
Military Route & Deployment:
• 1 March 1942 – Entered active duty (Sendai recruitment area)
• April 1942 – Deployment via Korea to China
• Service areas included:
– Shanghai sector
– Hangzhou (Zhejiang Front)
– Nanjing region
– Wuhan (Hubei Province)
– Henan Front (Central China)
• 1942–1944 – Continuous combat participation
• 1944 – Major operations during the Henan Campaign
• Late 1944 – Withdrawal from China to Japan
• 1945 – Assigned to Home Defense duty in Japan against expected Allied invasion
Reserve Service & Demobilization
Awards & Evaluations
Historical Significance
This paybook belonged to Miura Shinpei, an infantryman from Hokkaido, who fought in front-line combat in China during World War II. As a survivor of three years of active battle service, his military history provides a detailed and rare look into the campaigns of the Imperial Japanese Army in Central China. The extensive combat entries, official seals, and full demobilization record make his paybook a historically valuable and collectible artifact.
Item: Japanse soldaten kregen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog en de oorlogen daarvoor een militair zakboekje (軍隊手帳 – Guntai Techō). Dit was hun officiële identiteits- en dienstboekje, dat ze altijd bij zich moesten dragen. Het bevatte persoonlijke gegevens, militaire eenheid en rang, training, uitrusting, medische info en stempels van hun dienstverloop. Veel boekjes bevatten ook persoonlijke notities of gelukstalismannen. Het was een belangrijk document, vergelijkbaar met het Duitse Soldbuch.
Conditie: het soldaten boekje is in uitstekende conditie voor zijn tijd.
boekje bevat alle informatie over deze soldaat die in de tweede wereld oorlog heeft gevochten deze soldaat heeft veel veldslag gezien en heeft de einde van de oorlog overleefd! lees zijn verhaal hier snel beneden! deze boekjes zijn zeldzaam met zoveel actie die is gezien.