Farewell parade for Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) H C H Robertson, Commander in Chief of the ...

Accession Number LEEJ0009
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Lee, Douglas Herbert
Place made Japan: Kure
Date made 10 November 1951
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Farewell parade for Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) H C H Robertson, Commander in Chief of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) at Anzac Park in Kure, Japan. Lt Gen Robertson is addressing the troops from the dais. Standing on Lt Gen Robertson's left is his successor Lt Gen W Bridgeford. Behind them on the dais are, left to right: Commander C J Stevenson, RAN; Brigadier (Brig) R H Batten, Commander of British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK); Brig R S Park of New Zealand Kay Force; Brig Alderson, Australian Financial Advisor; Lieutenant Colonel G C Corbauld, 25 Canadian Rifleman Group; and Group Captain A G Carr, RAAF.