Accession Number | F07510 |
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Collection type | Film |
Measurement | 2 min 11 sec |
Object type | To be confirmed |
Physical description | 35mm/b&w/silent |
Maker |
Military History Section, BCOF |
Place made | Japan: Tokyo |
Date made | 10 June 1948 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan) |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
King's Birthday parade Tokyo, 1948
Paraded troops of 'A' Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery Regiment and members of 2 New Zealand Guard Battalion in honour of the King's birthday. Immediately following the royal salute the Acting Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) Air Vice Marshal McCauley led the call for three cheers for His Majesty the King. Before the flag was broken, members of the Australian and United States Armies were decorated by the Acting C-in-C. Decorated were: +Colonel (Col) G A A Jones, 8th US Army, OBE; +Col C S Myers, GHQ FEC US, OBE; *Lieutenant R Muirhead, 21st Australian Advanced Ordnance Depot, BEM. Not photographed: +Sergeant T L Johnston, Camp Staff, Ebisu, MM; *VX15127 Brigadier John William Alexander O'Brien DSO, GHQ Scap, ED; *17502 (QX6028) Col Ivan Jack Hooker, HQ BCOF, ED; *18001 (QX6378) Lieutenant Colonel Richard Harold Marson DSO, HQ BCOF, ED. (+Identified by name only from BECON. Name and rank and decoration check with limited dope sheet. *Identification check in Army Graduation List.)
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Video of King's Birthday parade Tokyo, 1948 (video)