At the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) General Hospital in Kure, Japan, baskets of ...

Accession Number DUKJ3930
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Dunkley, Harold Vaughan
Place made Japan
Date made c February 1951
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

At the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) General Hospital in Kure, Japan, baskets of necessities and comforts for the casualties from Korea are taken to the wards every day, Corporal (Cpl) Bruce Eden of Marama, SA, Red Cross storekeeper makes sure that they are kept filled. Here he is assisting Australian Red Cross Superintendent Lorna Robinson, to fill a basket with goods to be taken to the patients. Cpl Eden is holding a box of 7 O’clock Razor Sets.