Accession Number | HOBJ0250 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
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
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Two unidentified Military Police (MP) with the 1st Australian Provost Company BCOF escort a young ...
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.ith the 1st Australian Provost Company BCOF escort a Japanese civilian in the back of a Military Police jeep.A female Japanese Police officer sits next to the driver, while a male Japanese officer sits behind the driver, helping to guard the young man. The jeep is in the street outside a Japanese shop in Kure. Many bicycles are parked in front of the shop and several Japanese civilians are nearby. Note the jeep has a number 95, a British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) crown and an Australian rising sun above the bumper bar.