Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-06-04. VX17870 Sergeant J. P. Heavey of Melbourne supervising Japanese ...

Place Asia: Japan, Shimogahara
Accession Number 145662
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Queale, Alan
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-06-04. VX17870 Sergeant J. P. Heavey of Melbourne supervising Japanese workers at BCOF farm in the lettuce patch. The vegetables are watered by spray irrigation, not a popular method with the Japanese who prefer gravitation and channel methods.