Informal portrait of R28602 Stoker Second Class (Sto II), later Petty Officer (PO) Charles Skea ...

Accession Number P08734.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Japan
Date made 1946 - 1948
Conflict 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

Informal portrait of R28602 Stoker Second Class (Sto II), later Petty Officer (PO) Charles Skea Keith and an unidentified Japanese woman. In July 1946 Sto II Keith was drafted aboard HMAS Kanimbla, and was a member of the ship's company during several voyages as the 'BCOF Ferry' between Australia and Japan from 1946 to 1948. He later served aboard HMAS Melbourne from May 1958 until March 1960.