Studio portrait of Sister Beryl Mary Hogarth, RAANC, possibly taken during service in Japan. ...

Accession Number P11127.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1953-1954
Conflict Period 1950-1959
Korea, 1950-1953
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of Sister Beryl Mary Hogarth, RAANC, possibly taken during service in Japan. From 1946 to 1956, nursing sisters were posted to Japan to care for Australian servicemen and their families as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) and later British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK). Sister Hogarth's private records and medals are held at the Australian War Memorial.