Help Help to translate an old paybook

[alvaro]

Hi all.

I am translating this paybook from the second sino-japanese war, but unfortunately the writing is not very good and there are parts I can't understand any of the kanjis.

Could anyone help me with this?. I would be very grateful.

Thank you in advance.

 

[Majestic]

The easy-ish ones

 

[alvaro]

Thank you Majestic. These are not easy to understand.

it is now a little more complete.

 

[Majestic]

Are these all from the same area of China? I think earlier you were looking for names, and they were mostly locations in Liaoning Province, so it was kind of easy to figure out the names. This one seems more random.

 

[alvaro]

Hello Majestic.

yes, sometimes the paybook is from the russian-japanese war and then the places are located in liaoming province.
In this case, it is from the second sino-japanese war, so sometimes, the locations are more random.

This is a summary of what I have translated. I don't know if it can help you.

Day August 13 1938 landed in 青島 Qingdao
Day 20 Kaifeng 開封
Day October 15 battle 武横攻 and left Kaifeng 開封
Day november 11 Henan 河南有罪山到着三等師団長指揮下ニ八
Day november 15 security Kaifeng 開封ニ在リテ同地
Day 20 left 罪山 ??
Day november 28 arrived in 湖北 Hubei
Day december 8 arrived in 徳安 De´an
Day february 17 1939 left 徳安 De´an
Day february 20 battle near 安陸 Anlu, battle 南昌汝戦 nanchang
Day february 24 battle near 八湾 Bawan
Day february 25 battle near
Day february 26 battle near
Day february 28 battle near 河胖戦
Day march 1 battle near 鄭家橋 ??
Day march 1and 2 battle near
Day march 3 battle near
same day battle near
Day march 4 and 5 battle near 安陸 Anlu
Day march 11 battle near
Day may 1 - 21 battle Suixian–Zaoyang 襄東会戦
el 7 y el 8 de mayo participa en batalla cerca de Lijiawan 李家湾
Day may 10 battle near 井野 ??
Day may 11 battle near 韓??
Day may 12 and 13 battle near
Day may 19 battle near Daoliushuigou 流水溝
Day may 27 battle near
Day june 14 battle near 湖北百ネ山 hebei

 

[Toritoribe]

Day march 11 battle near

I think it's 羅漢寺.

Day may 11 battle near 韓??

韓庄

Day may 27 battle near

This is also 羅漢寺, but the date is May 28.

 

[alvaro]

Thank you very much for your time.

This time they are very complicated, at least for me.

 

[Toritoribe]

Here's what's written in the second picture

Day march 11 battle near
自四月十一日至四月二十日 廣水東方地区警備
Day April 11 - 20 guard the Eastern Area of Guangshui 廣水
Day may 1 - 21 battle Suixian–Zaoyang 襄東会戦
el 7 y el 8 de mayo participa en batalla cerca de Lijiawan 李家湾
Day may 10 battle near 井野 ??
Day may 11 battle near Hanzhuang 韓庄(= 韓荘)
Day may 12 and 13 battle near
Day may 19 battle near Daoliushuigou 流水溝
Day may 27 and 28 battle near
六月一日ヨリ六月十三日迄 永？洞地区警備
Day June 1 - 13 guard 永？洞
六月十四 陸支機密第四七号ニ依リ騎兵第三聯隊補充隊ニ帰還ヲ命セラレ湖北省京山…(can't see since it's behind something)
Day June 14 ordered to return to the Supplemental Corps of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment by the Confidential No.47 to the China Area Army, (left?) Jingshan 京山, Hubei Province 湖北省

 

[alvaro]

Wowww. This one was very complicated.

Thank you very much Toritoribe.

The end is here:

 

[Toritoribe]

Day March 11 battle near 羅漢寺
(I found that 羅漢寺 is a port of 襄河, which is another name of Han River 漢水.)

Day May 27 and 28 battle near 羅漢寺

六月十四 陸支機密第四七号ニ依リ騎兵第三聯隊補充隊ニ帰還ヲ命セラレ湖北省京山縣公議場出発
Day June 14 ordered to return to the Supplemental Corps of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment by the Confidential No.47 to the China Area Army, and left Kungichang 公議場(= 公義場), Jingshan County 京山縣, Hubei Province 湖北省

六月二十八日 上海港出帆
Day June 28 departure from Shanghai Port 上海港

七月三日 宇品港皈着
Day July 3 returned to Ujina Port 宇品港

七月四日 騎三補(= 騎兵第三聯隊補充隊) (着?)
Day July 4

 

[alvaro]

Thank you Toritoribe.

I had not located (羅漢寺) what place it was either.

and this one Kungichang 公議場(= 公義場) hard to understand.

Thank you again.

 

[Toritoribe]

This is from a record by an officer.

襄河の船着場の羅漢寺には第8中隊を配置して、その南方4キロの多宝湾の町に第7中隊を、そして船着場の北方4キロの林家店に第6中隊を

He also said like this.

大隊本部の部落と多宝湾の中間に公議場という部落があって

However, it's written as Kung-i-ch'ang 公義場 in a map I found. Probably 公義場 is a variant of the location name, as same as 韓庄 vs. 韓荘.