| Place | Asia: Japan, Kanto, Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART26951 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 65.6 x 79.2 cm; unframed: 45.7 x 60.9 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas on cardboard |
| Maker |
Colville, George |
| Place made | Japan: Kanto, Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama |
| Date made | 1950 |
| Conflict |
British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan) |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Australian war graves section at International War Graves Commission, Yokohama, Japan
Description
Australian war graves section at the International War Graves Commission in Yokohama, Japan. 'The Yokohama war cemetery was constructed by the Australian War Graves group after the Second World War and contains the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who died in Japan as prisoners of war or with the occupying forces after the war. It comprises four main parts: the United Kingdom section, the Australian section, the Canadian and New Zealand section and the Indian Forces 1939-1945 section. The cemetery contains 1,555 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the Second World War, including 53 unidentified burials and a small number of special memorials to casualties know to be buried in the cemetery, whose graves could not be precisely located. (www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery)