Beating the retreat ceremony Indian, Anzac Oval

Accession Number F07487
Collection type Film
Measurement 2 min 58 sec
Object type To be confirmed
Physical description 35mm/b&w/silent
Maker Cuthbert, Allan George
Place made Japan: Kure
Date made 17 July 1947
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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

Prior to embarking on the troopship Devonshire on their way home to India, the 2/5th Royal Gurkha Pipe Band and the red coated Kumaons Band performed their last ceremony together in Japan by beating the Retreat. The ceremony was attended by the Commander in Chief 34 (VX20321, VX80578) Lieutenant General Horace Clement Hugh Robertson; Brigadier Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh and Air Vice Marshal McAuley, and unit commanders and their wives. Also identified: Mrs Shrinagesh; Mrs Robertson.

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