A broken perimeter fence surrounding desolate barracks buildings thought to have belonged to the ...

Accession Number HOBJ0065
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Hobson, Phillip Oliver
Place made Japan: Hiro
Date made 1949
Conflict 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

A broken perimeter fence surrounding desolate barracks buildings thought to have belonged to the 65th and 66th Battalions. The two units, originally part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) had returned home after Australia's committment to BCOF had been downgraded.