ETA JIMA, JAPAN. 1946-10-18. THE EDUCATION CENTRE AT HEADQUARTERS, BCOF. THE BUILDING HAS A FINE ...

Place Asia: Japan, Eta Jima
Accession Number 132232
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Queale, Alan
Place made Japan: Eta Jima
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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ETA JIMA, JAPAN. 1946-10-18. THE EDUCATION CENTRE AT HEADQUARTERS, BCOF. THE BUILDING HAS A FINE LIBRARY AND CRAFT ROOMS WHICH ONCE HOUSED MANY RELICS OF NAVAL WAR TOGETHER WITH THE HAIR OF ADMIRAL TOGO AND A PICTURE OF LORD NELSON. IN THE THEATRE USED TO BE A PICTURE DEPICTING THE SINKING OF THE RAN SHIPS PRINCE OF WALES AND REPULSE BY JAPANESE BOMBERS; THIS IS NOW AT THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL.