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Ceramic vase fused with melted glass, atomic blast Hiroshima: Elsie May Rayner
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Remains of a ceramic vase fused with melted glass.REL/21011.003
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Ceremonial retreat at Tokyo
Film
Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
A guard from the 5th Ghurka Rifles, assisted by the massed pipe bands of the 1st Punjab Regiment, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and the Royal Ghurka Rifles together with the Kumaon Regimental Ba...F07471
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Changing of the guard at the Emperor's palace
Film
Maker: O'Halloran, John Frederick M
On 11 May 1946, forty men under Lieutenant Chapman from 65 Australian Infantry Battalion took over guard duties from the American 7 Cavalry Regiment. This was the first BCOF guard on the Palace. Inspe...F07456
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C-in-C BCOF visits New Zealand troops
Film
Maker: Military History Section, BCOF
34 (VX20321, VX80578) Lieutenant General Horace Clement Hugh Robertson CBE DSO, Commander-in-Chief BCOF in Japan, inspects various New Zealand troops and nurses in BCOF area. Also identified: Brigadie...F07459
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Commander in Chief BCOF Lieutenant-General Robertson joins 1 US Cavalry Division
Film
Maker: Military History Section, BCOF
At a parade held in the US Cavalry Camp in Tokyo, 34 (VX20321, VX80578) Lieutenant General Horace Clement Hugh Robertson CBE DSO was made an honorary member of the 1st US Cavalry Division by Major Gen...F07461
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Disposal of Japanese ammunition
Film
Maker: Military History Section, BCOF
Australian soldier at cordite stack laying cordite fuse away from main dump. Japanese working in background.F07509
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6 Division volunteers leaves Wewak for BCOF in Japan
Film
Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
Members of 6th Australian Division who volunteered for service with the BCOF, Japan, left Wewak on 26 October 1945, in the troopship MV Manoora. Shows two soldiers carrying placard "Tokyo here we come...F07440
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Donald Douglas Beard discussess his service as a doctor and surgeon in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC), 1949-1968, interviewed by Brendan O'Keefe.
Sound
Maker: Beard, Donald Douglas
The interview covers his posting to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), Kure, Japan, 1949-1950. Later attached to 3 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), Korea, 1951, followed by ...S02143
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Donnelly, Roma
Manuscript
Maker: Donnelly, Roma
Thesis titled `A Civilising Influence? Women in The British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan 1946-1952.' Discusses the contribution by Women in Nursing and Medical Services, Red Cross, YMCA, Can...MSS1555
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Dr Evatt's tour of BCOF installation
Film
Maker: Cuthbert, Allan George
Dr and Mrs Evatt, as guests of the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) 34 (VX20321, VX80578) Lieutenant-General Horace Clement Hugh Robertson CBE DSO, made a tour of the BCOF installations today on their arri...F07496
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Dulcie Thompson as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service (RAANS) and the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1940-1966, interviewed by Jan Bassett
Sound
Maker: Bassett, Jan Thompson, Dulcie Vera Bassett, Jan
Early life; began nursing at the age of 19 in Adelaide; joined army reserve in 1937; after declaration of war in 1939 carried out part-time nursing duties for the army on days off from civilian nursin...S01811
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Education in Japan
Film
Maker: Walker, D C
Children of the officers and men serving with BCOF in Japan attend army schools. At the date taken, classes are small as the Australian families have not yet arrived. BCOF is an integrated force and t...F07511
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Embarkation of part of the 34th Australian Infantry Brigade on the Stanford Victory at Morotai
Film
Maker: O'Halloran, John Frederick M
After training in the Morotai area, members of 34th Australian Infantry Brigade embarked on the Stanford Victory on 7 February 1946, for the six day journey to Kure, Japan, as part of the Japan Occupa...F07444
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Embarkation of 1048 troops of the 34 Australian Infantry Brigade on SS Taos Victory at Morotai
Film
Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
The main contingent of the 34th Australian Infantry Brigade, some 1000 men, embarked on SS Taos Victory on 15 February 1946, at Morotai, for the trip to Kure, Japan. Also arrival of Lieutenant General...F07446
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Empire Day Tokyo
Film
Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
Empire Day in Tokyo was celebrated by a parade of units forming the BCOF, through the streets. Commander in chief (C-in-C) BCOF Lieutenant General John Northcott officially opened Empire House, former...F07464
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Eric Smith and Lauchlan MacLean, British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), Japan, Second World War, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
Sound
Maker: Maclean, Lauchlan Duart Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Discuss their personal experiences of the Second World War; training in Australia; going to Japan with British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF).S01682
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Establishment of RAF station at Miho
Film
Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
General views of the reconstruction of the former Japanese Naval Air Academy at Miho which was to become a RAF station. In charge of the advanced RAAF party was O4394 Flying Officer Harold Edwin Panne...F07463
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Farewell to the Ship
Art
Maker: Tabei, K
Depicts a young woman, seated on a pole at a pier, with a suitcase beside her, crying as a ship sails out of the harbour behind her. A crowd of Japanese people are beside her on the pier. This is one ...ART95090
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First Lancastrian to land in Japan
Film
Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
The first Lancastrian aircraft chartered by the RAAF from Qantas arriving at Iwakuni. O36 Air Vice Marshal John Patrick Joseph McCauley greets the crew. Mr Alex Gurney, passenger, originator of the Bl...F07473
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Fishing with Cormorants
Art
Maker: Tabei, K
Depicts a young woman on a fishing boat at night, with Japanese fishermen using cormorants to catch fish. This is one of 15 cartoons by a Japanese artist of miltary life in Japan, capturing the day to...ART95094