Visits of Honourable Cyril Chambers Minister for Army, to BCOF

Honourable (Hon) C Chamber, Minister for Army, arrived Honeda airfield on 19 December 1946. He was accompanied by Mr H S Sinclair, Secretary of the Department of Army, a press secretary and a staff officer. They were greeted by the Commander in Chief 34 (VX20321, VX80578) Lieutenant General Horace Clement Hugh Robertson CBE DSO, and Mr McMahon Ball, British Commonwealth representative on Allied Council in Japan. Mr Chamber made a tour of Australian, British and American camps and bases including the BCON press, temporary houses built for dependants of Australian personnel of BCOF. He is seen talking to the troops and eating Christmas dinner in the Other Ranks (O/Rs) mess. Shown in the film are: Hon C Chamber; Lieutenant General H C H Robertson CBE DSO; F R Sinclair; O33 Air Vice Marshal Francis Masson Bladin, Chief of Staff; Group Captain Glenn Cooper; Mr McMahon Ball; Lieutenant Colonel J A C d; Apice OBE, 5/1 Punjabs Regiment at Ebisu Camp; Mrs P Blackwood; Major General Mullins, General Officer Commanding US 25 Division; 26 (N392) Brigadier Ronald Nicholas Lamond Hopkins, CO 34 Australian Brigade. Also identified: Group Captain Glenn Cooper.