Kure, Japan. 1949-06-24. Side view of the badly damaged BCOF bus that sits in a shed of the ...

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Accession Number 147302
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker O'Halloran, John Frederick M
Place made Japan: Kure
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Kure, Japan. 1949-06-24. Side view of the badly damaged BCOF bus that sits in a shed of the Services Investigating Bureau, after plunging into the sea on the road between Iwakuni and Kure, killing 3/449 Captain J. F. Smith, Royal Australian Army Service Corps, and injuring nine other members from the Buffalo Lodge.