Major Cooper, in evening dress uniform, takes the hand of Cecilia McPhee at the Military ...

Accession Number HOBJ1211
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Hobson, Phillip Oliver
Place made Japan
Date made c September 1950
Conflict British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Major Cooper, in evening dress uniform, takes the hand of Cecilia McPhee at the Military Debutantes Ball, held to raise money for the NSW Flood Relief. The women are being presented to Lieutenant General H C H Robertson, Commander in Chief of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF). Cecilia McPhee is the eldest daughter of Sergeant Cecil A McPhee and Dorothy McPhee.