Josiah Francis, Australian Minister for the Army (right), is on a tour of Australian forces in ...

Accession Number LEEJ0080
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Lee, Douglas Herbert
Place made Japan
Date made December 1951
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Josiah Francis, Australian Minister for the Army (right), is on a tour of Australian forces in Japan and Korea in December 1951. During his trip he is inspecting troops, conditions and equipment, as well as meeting with senior officers with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) and the British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK). Here Mr Francis meets with an unidentified patient and a Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) sister, in a British Commonwealth hospital in Japan. Christmas decorations have been put up around the ward.