MOROTAI, 1945-12-23. HEADQUARTERS 34TH BRIGADE. A CEREMONY WAS HELD AT WAMA AIRSTRIP TO ...

MOROTAI, 1945-12-23. HEADQUARTERS 34TH BRIGADE. A CEREMONY WAS HELD AT WAMA AIRSTRIP TO COMMEMORATE THE FIRST OCCASION WHEN THE COMPLETE BRIGADE HAD PARADED. LIEUTENANT GENERAL NORTHCOTT, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE EMPIRE OCCUPATION FORCE (LATER KNOWN AS THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE OR BCOF), ADDRESSED THE TROOPS TELLING WHAT THEY MAY EXPECT TO FIND REGARDING CONDITIONS IN JAPAN. BEHIND HIM ON THE DAIS ARE AIR VICE MARSHAL HEWITT, RAF, COMMANDER OF THE AIR COMPONENT OF THE OCCUPATION FORCE, MAJOR GENERAL MILFORD, COMMANDER OF MOROTAI FORCE, AND BRIGADIER R. H. NIMMO, COMMANDER OF 34TH BRIGADE. (PHOTOGRAPHER SSGT R. L. STEWART)