The Prime Minister of Australia, the Right Honourable Robert Gordon Menzies, Lieutenant General ...

Accession Number HOBJ1117
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Hobson, Phillip Oliver
Place made Japan: Kure
Date made 15 August 1950
Conflict 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

The Prime Minister of Australia, the Right Honourable Robert Gordon Menzies, Lieutenant General Sir Horace Robertson, commanding officer of BCOF (left), Air Marshal Sir George Jones RAAF, Chief of the Air Force (right rear) and Mr W. R. Hodgson, Head Australian Mission Tokyo (right front holding hat), aboard the RAN Battle Class Destroyer HMAS Bataan. Mr Menzies was on a tour of Australian units based in Japan.