Accession Number | MELJ1437 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Meldrum, Donald Albert (Tim) |
Place made | Japan: Kure |
Date made | June 1956 |
Conflict |
Korea, 1950-1953 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
After the Queen's Birthday parade of British Commonwealth forces at Kure, Japan, Mrs Bierwirth, ...
Description
After the Queen's Birthday parade of British Commonwealth forces at Kure, Japan, Mrs Bierwirth, the wife of Lieutenant General R Bierwirth, Commander in Chief, British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK), attends a children's party given in her honour. Here Mrs Bierwirth is being presented with a bouquet of flowers by a young Japanese girl who has been lifted up by a Japanese woman.