Album related to the service of 3395 Captain Jeffrey James Shelton MC, British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF)

Places	Asia: Japan, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Pyrmont Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen
Accession Number	AWM2020.729.1
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Album
Date made	c 1947-1948
Conflict	British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Album of 42 pages including covers containing 153 items, primarily photographs, and 8 loose items, related to the service of 3395 Captain Jeffrey James Shelton MC, British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF). The front cover is inscribed "JAPAN 1947-48". The photographs cover topics such as: embarkation from Pyrmont in March 1947, views of Finschafen, commercially produced 'before and after atomic bomb' views of Hiroshima, and other scenes from Hiroshima taken by Captain Shelton, 9 Platoon B Company, Tokyo changing of the guard, scenes from Kobe, a strafed B29, atomic bridge, skiing at the resort at Nikko, Dogyama, Kobe, waterskiing, Morshead Barracks, accommodation and the mess. People identified by name include: Doug Evans, Arthur Rose, Pat Slattery, Ty Power, John Reed-Hankey, and others. Also included are a BCOF shoulder flash and 66th Battalion colour patch. Loose items include: 4 documents (menus, program of investiture, clipped newspaper photo) and 4 photographs.