KURE, JAPAN. 1946-06-12. THE NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF (C-IN-C) FOR BCOF, LIEUTENANT GENERAL (LT ...

Place Asia: Japan, Kure
Accession Number 131148
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Queale, Alan
Place made Japan: Kure
Date made 12 June 1946
Conflict British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
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KURE, JAPAN. 1946-06-12. THE NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF (C-IN-C) FOR BCOF, LIEUTENANT GENERAL (LT GEN) H. C. H. ROBERTSON CBE DSO ARRIVES AT KURE RAILWAY STATION IN COMPANY WITH THE PRESENT C-IN-C LT GEN J. NORTHCOTT WHO WILL LEAVE JAPAN IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO BECOME GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES. LEFT TO RIGHT: CAPTAIN A. G. FINLAY, AIDE-DE-CAMP TO LT GEN NORTHCOTT; BRIGADIER W. M. ANDERSON DSO, BRIGADIER ADMINISTRATION; LT GEN J. NORTHCOTT CB MVO; LT GEN H. C. H. ROBERTSON CBE DSO.