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Piece of melted glass, atomic blast Hiroshima: Elsie May Rayner
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A piece of green glass which has been melted and distorted by the atomic blast.REL/21011.006
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Plan showing the location of British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) Units in Japan as at ...
Photograph
Maker: Holzheimer, Claude Rudolph
Plan showing the location of British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) Units in Japan as at April and May 1950.107789
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Plaque : HMAS Bataan
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown lacquered wooden three pointed shield with a plaster ship's badge for HMAS Bataan, painted in gold, white, cream, red, green, dark and light blue. The badge, superimposed on a light blue ground,...RELAWM31696
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Porcelain sake cup, atomic blast Hiroshima: Sister Gwenneth Ayre, AANS
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small white porcelain Sake cup with blue Japanese characters. The bottom has green glass fused to it.REL28996
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Portrait of the artist Albert Tucker
Art
Maker: Santa, Yasushi
Portrait of the Australian artist Albert Tucker. Tucker was an accredited war correspondent to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan.ART28470
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Puggaree : Corporal J H Welch, 66 Battalion, British Commonwealth Occupation Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White cotton six pleat puggaree.REL30374
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Robertson, Sir Horace Clement Hugh 'Red Robbie' (Lieutenant General, b.1894 - d.1960)
Private Record
Maker: Robertson, Horace Clement Hugh
Collection relating to the Second World War service and post-war career of VX20321 Lieutenant General Sir Horace Robertson, KBE, CBE, DSO, British Commonwealth Occupation Force (formerly 10 Light Hors...PR87/167
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Roll of Kodak film : Sergeant F Lawrence, Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps
Technology
Roll of unexposed Kodak film with black painted metal shank and pink, white and black paper cover printed 'KODAK/ BROWNIE/ EXPOSED/ KODAK'.REL25568.003
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Scene of building; Kure. The back is stamped '4'. One of a series of ten souvenir images of ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Scene of building; Kure. The back is stamped '4'. One of a series of ten souvenir images of scenes around Kure acquired by R28602 Stoker Second Class (Sto II), later Petty Officer (PO) Charles Skea Ke...P08734.024
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Scene of building, Kure. The back is stamped '2'. One of a series of ten souvenir images of ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Scene of building, Kure. The back is stamped '2'. One of a series of ten souvenir images of scenes around Kure acquired by R28602 Stoker Second Class (Sto II), later Petty Officer (PO) Charles Skea Ke...P08734.022
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Scene of Kure harbour. The back is stamped '7'. One of a series of ten souvenir images of scenes ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Scene of Kure harbour. The back is stamped '7'. One of a series of ten souvenir images of scenes around Kure acquired by R28602 Stoker Second Class (Sto II), later Petty Officer (PO) Charles Skea Keit...P08734.027
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Scene of Kure harbour. The back is stamped '10'. One of a series of ten souvenir images of scenes ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Scene of Kure harbour. The back is stamped '10'. One of a series of ten souvenir images of scenes around Kure acquired by R28602 Stoker Second Class (Sto II), later Petty Officer (PO) Charles Skea Kei...P08734.030
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Scene of 'The Palace' dance hall; Kure. The back is stamped '5'. One of a series of ten souvenir ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Scene of 'The Palace' dance hall; Kure. The back is stamped '5'. One of a series of ten souvenir images of scenes around Kure acquired by R28602 Stoker Second Class (Sto II), later Petty Officer (PO) ...P08734.025
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Searchlight on Japan
Film
Maker: Cinesound
Forward: Japan under Allied Occupation remains an important factor in world politics but the man in the street knows little of Japan today. This presentation essentially an Australian point of view m...F03522
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Sergeant (Sgt) William Reginald McHenry and two Japanese women aboard a boat on a recreational ...
Photograph
Maker: Robertson, Ian
Sergeant (Sgt) William Reginald McHenry and two Japanese women aboard a boat on a recreational sightseeing trip. On top of the wooden structure they are leaning against stand bottles and glasses of be...P01813.047
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Service dress trousers : Leading Aircraftman F A M Lees, 77 Squadron RAAF, British Commonwealth Occupation Force
Heraldry
Maker: Wardrop of Melbourne
RAAF blue other rank's pattern winter service dress trousers with four button concealed fly with metal slide closure at the waist, a high back, slash pockets in each side seam, a welt pocket over the ...REL/08509.002
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Service dress tunic : Leading Aircraftman F A M Lees, 77 Squadron RAAF, British Commonwealth Occupation Force
Heraldry
Maker: Wardrop of Melbourne
RAAF blue wool serge other rank's pattern winter service dress tunic with notched collar, a pair of pleated breast patch pockets with pointed flaps secured by a single button, and a pair of welt waist...REL/08509.001
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Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-10-11. Looking across the Oze-Gawa River in the Hiroshima Prefecture can ...
Photograph
Maker: Queale, Alan
Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-10-11. Looking across the Oze-Gawa River in the Hiroshima Prefecture can be seen buildings of the BCOF farm unit situated in a valley on the banks of the river.145877
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Short, Murray Geoffrey (Flying Officer, b.1922-d.1946)
Private Record
Maker: Royal Australian Air Force Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War and British Commonwealth Occupation Force service of 47460 Flying Officer Murray Geoffrey Short, 82 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Australia,...PR03530
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Shoulder title slides X2 : Australian Army, 1945-1952 -Corporal J H Welch, 66 Battalion, British Commonwealth Occupation Forces
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of khaki drab shoulder titles designed to slide over the shoulder straps of a summer uniform shirt. In the centre of each title is a band embroidered with the word 'AUSTRALIA'.REL30378
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Sigs cable laying station
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
A number of submarine cables were laid between Eta Jima and various points along the coast of the mainland to provide increased telephone channels between British Commonwealth Occupied Forces (BCOF) a...ART26375
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Slouch hat : Private A B Titter, British Commonwealth Occupation Forces
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Slouch hat complete with khaki cotton puggaree, brown leather chinstrap and copper Rising Sun badge. The puggaree has a 1945 pattern Australian Army Medical Corps unit patch sewn to it. The leather sw...REL29460
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Souvenir Christmas fan : Captain C G Hann, BCOF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small paper fan with bamboo sticks. One side is printed with a Japanese rural scene of a thatched roof farm house in front of a mountain range with a tree to the right. In front of the house is a buff...REL/15670
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Souvenir pennant : HMAS Kanimbla
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Triangular dark blue felt souvenir pennant. Screen printed in yellow, brown and red with 'H.M.A.S. KANIMBLA' and the ship's badge showing a flag bearing a lion rampant within a rope circle surmounted ...RELAWM31700.001
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Souvenir pennant : HMAS Shoalhaven
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Royal blue felt silk screened souvenir pennant showing the lyrebird ship's badge of HMAS Shoalhaven, in brown, yellow, green and white, within a rope border sumounted by a naval crown. Beneath is the ...RELAWM31702
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Souvenir Pennant : HMAS Sydney
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Fuschia pink felt souvenir pennant, silk screened in blue, white and brown with HMAS Sydney's ship's badge. Beneath, in yellow scrolls, is the ship's motto 'THOROUGH AND READY'. There is a representat...RELAWM31698.002
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Souvenir photo album : British Commonwealth Occupation Forces, Japan
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Blue silk covered photograph album, embroidered in pink, white and gold cotton with the BCOF formation sign and the words 'OCCUPATION SOUVENIR OF JAPAN'. The album contains no photographs, although th...REL31706
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Specimen clasp 'JAPAN' for Australian Service Medal 1945 - 1975
Heraldry
Maker: Royal Australian Mint
Specimen clasp 'JAPAN' for the Australian Service Medal 1945 - 1975.REL31529
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Still bombed out, October '46
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Only a few minutes by jeep from the elaborate and unharmed Diet building, families live in humpies like this one, reminiscent of the Dudley Flats in Melbourne. This winter will be a hard one for them.ART26373
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Street scene; Kure. The back is stamped '3'. One of a series of ten souvenir images of scenes ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Street scene; Kure. The back is stamped '3'. One of a series of ten souvenir images of scenes around Kure acquired by R28602 Stoker Second Class (Sto II), later Petty Officer (PO) Charles Skea Keith. ...P08734.023
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Street scene; Kure. The back is stamped '6'. One of a series of ten souvenir images of scenes ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Street scene; Kure. The back is stamped '6'. One of a series of ten souvenir images of scenes around Kure acquired by R28602 Stoker Second Class (Sto II), later Petty Officer (PO) Charles Skea Keith. ...P08734.026
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Submarine clock : Lance Corporal H V Dunkley, British Commonwealth Occupation Force
Technology
Circular, brass and aluminium twelve hour nautical clock. The bevelled glass face is hinged and opens to allow access to the clock dial for adjustment or winding. The markings, numbers and details are...REL29253
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Submarine dockyard, Kure
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Japanese dockyard workers cleaning scrap from the bottom of a dock once almost filled with midget submarines and other junk.ART26376
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Takamatsu, Japan. 1947. Informal portrait of a naked Flying Officer Ken Blight, No. 82 (Fighter) ...
Photograph
Takamatsu, Japan. 1947. Informal portrait of a naked Flying Officer Ken Blight, No. 82 (Fighter) Squadron, British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), washing himself in a small portable canvas bath...P02032.004
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Takamatsu, Japan. 1948. Servicemen of No. 82 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF, British Commonwealth ...
Photograph
Takamatsu, Japan. 1948. Servicemen of No. 82 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF, British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), packing up the camp into trucks on completion of a deployment for operational exerci...P02032.049
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Takamatsu, Japan. 1948. Tent lines at the camp of No. 82 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF, British ...
Photograph
Takamatsu, Japan. 1948. Tent lines at the camp of No. 82 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF, British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), during a deployment for operational exercises at Takamatsu on the island...P02032.050
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'The Atom Struck Tile' in box, Hiroshima : Sergeant Harold A Doyle
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden box labelled in ink on the exterior 'The Atom Struck Tile. Found on the site of Sairenji Temple the Exposition Center Hiroshima'; and on the reverse, 'To Mr H.A. Doyle From Rev Sokai Katsuki Th...REL40601
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The main contingent of the Australian component of British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) ...
Photograph
Maker: Queale, Alan
The main contingent of the Australian component of British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) arrived in Kure, Japan during heavy falls of snow. Pine tree in the courtyard at Headquarters, BCOF, co...129939
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The main contingent of the Australian component of British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) ...
Photograph
Maker: Queale, Alan
The main contingent of the Australian component of British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) arrived in Kure, Japan during heavy falls of snow. Australian military and Japanese Police on traffic d...129942
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Tired climbers in Japan
Art
Maker: Tabei, K
Depicts a group of tired and exhausted men and women, walking along a trail, after climbing a mountain. In front, a young woman can be seen leaning out of a window, laughing at the tired walkers below...ART95095
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TOKYO, JAPAN. 1947. INTERIOR OF THE MARUNOUCHI HOTEL SHOWING THE FRONT DESK WHERE WOMEN FROM BCOF ...
Photograph
Maker: Freeman, William Harry
TOKYO, JAPAN. 1947. INTERIOR OF THE MARUNOUCHI HOTEL SHOWING THE FRONT DESK WHERE WOMEN FROM BCOF ARE EMPLOYED. THE WOMEN ARE MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY CANTEENS SERVICE.133875
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TOKYO, JAPAN. 1946-05-09. LIEUTENANT COLONEL R. H. MARSON, COMMANDING OFFICER OF A COMPOSITE BCOF ...
Photograph
TOKYO, JAPAN. 1946-05-09. LIEUTENANT COLONEL R. H. MARSON, COMMANDING OFFICER OF A COMPOSITE BCOF BATTALION WHICH COMPRISED THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN TROOPS TO MARCH THROUGH THE CITY.134192
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TOKYO, JAPAN, 1949. MEMBERS OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF MARCHING WITH OTHER BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ...
Photograph
TOKYO, JAPAN, 1949. MEMBERS OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF MARCHING WITH OTHER BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE (BCOF) UNITS AND AMERICAN AND DUTCH TROOPS THROUGH THE STREETS OF TOKYO.P00122.007
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Unidentified BCOF soldiers undergoing training at the Matsuyama Rifle Range.
Photograph
Maker: Rowe, Allan
Unidentified BCOF soldiers undergoing training at the Matsuyama Rifle Range.P05129.001
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Unofficial BCOF Japan Medal 1946-1952 : Private H J Heron, 66 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Unofficial BCOF Japan Medal 1946-1952. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31577.005
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Unofficial British Commonwealth Occupation Forces Medal : Sergeant R H Walford, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Unofficial British Commonwealth Occupation Forces Medal, commissioned by the BCOF Association of Queensland. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL36675.009
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V16 yellow-orange filter, unframed : Lieutenant Alan Queale, Official Photographer, BCOF
Technology
Maker: Kodak Ltd.
40 mm yellow-orange circular glass filter with the marking V16 around the circumference of the glass. Stored on a cotton wool bed in a unrelated plastic Kodak circular container.AWM2020.448.1.13
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Waite, Allan George (Corporal, b.1924 - d.2010)
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the BCOF service of NX177409 (N251553) Corporal Allan George Waite. Collection consists of two letters: one written by Shigeru Kojingaichi, dated 9 December 1948, from Japan; t...PR04450
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Wallet : Leading Signalman R Thompson, HMS Commonwealth, BCOF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black leather wallet made from hog grain leather.The front is gold stamped 'British Commonwealth Forces Japan' below a King's crown. Pockets inside are marked 'LETTERS' and 'ACCOUNTS'.REL30877
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Wallet 8 of 12 - Miscellaneous papers of Lieutenant General Sir Horace Robertson, 1941-1954
Digitised Collection
Maker: Robertson, Horace Clement Hugh
Collection relating to the Second World War service and post-war career of VX20321 Lieutenant General Sir Horace Robertson, KBE, CBE, DSO, British Commonwealth Occupation Force (formerly 10 Light Hors...AWM2020.22.269
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Wallet 1 of 1 - Papers relating to the service of Rudolph Bierwirth, 1955 - 1956
Digitised Collection
Maker: British Government Commonwealth Government of Australia Government of Japan Government of the United States of America
Wallet 1 of 1 - Papers relating to the Korean War service of 314 Lieutenant General Rudolph Bierwirth, British Commonwealth Forces Korea This wallet contains twelve letters and messages of commendati...AWM2020.22.23
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Warringah Council Roll of Honour
Private Record
Maker: Warringah Council
Roll of Honour listing for citizens of Warringah, New South Wales, who served in armed forces and homeguard during the Second World War. Also included are the names of those who served with the Briti...PR02011
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Wollensak 101mm Raptar lens on lens plate: Lieutenant Alan Queale, Official Photographer, BCOF
Technology
Maker: Wollensak
Wollensak Raptar 101mm f=4.5 lens mounted with a Wollensak Rapax synchromatic shutter with a connector bi post flash mounted on a square lens plate for use with the 2x3 Speed Graphic camera. The shutt...AWM2020.448.1.6
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Woman waiting in a Room
Art
Maker: Tabei, K
Depicts a young woman seated on a bed, alone in a room, with a box of stationary beside her and two honey pots on the bed. The woman is possibly in a ship's cabin or train. This is one of 15 cartoons ...ART95096
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Wooden cigarette box : Major A F P Lukyn, 67 Australian Infantry Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A handmade wooden cigarette box with a separate lid. The top of the lid is carved with an emblem of 67 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment which is 67 mm high and 55 mm wide. The carving is of the n...REL34159
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Woods, Mrs H A
Manuscript
"Which way would the wind blow ?". Mrs Wood was a member of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) during the 1939-1945 war and then accompanied her husband, who was a member of the British Common...MSS1118
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Yellow daylight filter in paper wrap: Lieutenant Alan Queale, Official Photographer, BCOF
Technology
Maker: Unknown
30mm circular yellow filter with no frame or identification number, wrapped in a folded square of paper that has 'Y1' rubber-stamped onto the front - the '1' has been overwritten in pen with a '2'. Th...AWM2020.448.1.17