Two unidentified Military Police (MP) with the 1st Australian Provost Company BCOF escort a young ...

Accession Number HOBJ0249
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Maker Hobson, Phillip Oliver
Place made Japan
Date made c 1950
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

Two unidentified Military Police (MP) with the 1st Australian Provost Company BCOF escort a young Japanese man in the back of a Military Police jeep. The jeep is in the street outside a Japanese shop in Kure. A female Japanese police officer sits next to the driver, while a male Japanese officer sits behind the driver, helping to guard the prisoner. Note that the Japanese Police officers are wearing a striped brassards on their right arms.