Okinawa Japanese being inoculated preparatory to repatriation to their homeland

Place Asia: Japan, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Accession Number ART26380
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 28.2 x 38.6 cm; image: 28.2 x 38.6 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and ink and coloured wash on paper
Maker Rowed, Reg
Place made Japan
Date made 17 August 1946
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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

Repatriation Centre at Ujima near Hiroshima controlled by 65th Australian Infantry Battalion. Men, women and children stand in a queue to receive an inoculation.