Hiro, Honshu, Japan, c. 1948-07. At centre left, a RAAF Air Commodore inspects a small guard of ...

Place Asia: Japan, Hiro
Accession Number P01813.184
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Robertson, Ian
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Hiro, Honshu, Japan, c. 1948-07. At centre left, a RAAF Air Commodore inspects a small guard of honour made up of Australian Army soldiers serving with BCOF. The soldier wearing a beret (extreme left) is an officer of the New Zealand Army, possibly Captain Simpson who graduated from the Royal Military College (RMC) Duntroon in 1944-12. (Donor I. Robertson)