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British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) parade in the grounds of the Imperial Palace, Tokyo, ...
Photograph
Maker: Dunkley, Harold Vaughan
British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) parade in the grounds of the Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan. The parade is to celebrate Empire Day on 24 May 1950. Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) H C H Roberts...DUKJ3029
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British soldiers, members of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Staffordshire and Seaforth ...
Photograph
Maker: Dunkley, Harry Leslie Ewin
British soldiers, members of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Staffordshire and Seaforth Highlander regiments during field training exercises. Two soldiers, probably members of the Argyll and Su...DUKJ4104
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British soldiers, members of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Staffordshire and Seaforth ...
Photograph
Maker: Dunkley, Harold Vaughan
British soldiers, members of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Staffordshire and Seaforth Highlander regiments during field training exercise. Bren gun carriers firing their machine guns at dista...DUKJ4099
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British soldiers, members of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Staffordshire and Seaforth ...
Photograph
Maker: Dunkley, Harold Vaughan
British soldiers, members of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Staffordshire and Seaforth Highlander regiments, during field training exercises. A section of soldiers, including a man carrying a ...DUKJ4107
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British soldiers, members of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Staffordshire and Seaforth ...
Photograph
Maker: Dunkley, Harold Vaughan
British soldiers, members of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Staffordshire and Seaforth Highlander regiments during field training exercises. Original BCOF Public Relations caption: Against th...DUKJ4106
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British soldiers, members of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Staffordshire and Seaforth ...
Photograph
Maker: Dunkley, Harold Vaughan
British soldiers, members of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Staffordshire and Seaforth Highlander regiments during field training exercises. An unidentified officer of the Staffordshire Regime...DUKJ4098
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British soldiers, members of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Staffordshire and Seaforth ...
Photograph
Maker: Dunkley, Harold Vaughan
British soldiers, members of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Staffordshire and Seaforth Highlander regiments during field training exercises. Two men, the nearest a member of the Seaforth Highl...DUKJ4103
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(431907) Burston, Robin Alexander (Bob) (Colonel)
Sound
Maker: O'Keefe, Brendan Gregory
Robin Alexander (Bob) Burston as a captain, 20 Field Ambulance, Morotai and Kure, Japan, 1945-1947; and as a Colonel, 1 Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam, 1968, interviewed by Brendan O'Keefe....S02147
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Cable laying at BCOF
Film
Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
To provide additional signal channels between BCOF HQ on the island of Eta Jima and Kure on the mainland, BCOF Signal Section laid a multi-channel cable entailing overhead, underground and submarine c...F07469
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Camp point, Kure, boat repairs
Art
Maker: Colville, George
Depicts Kure Harbour, port of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. Behind the boat are the buildings of the docks and the hills which surround Kure.ART26941
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Captain Clifford James White, 1899-1996: Extracts from letters, Northern Territory, Borneo, Japan
Manuscript
Maker: Loof, Peter Various White, Clifford James
Manuscript entitled "Captain Clifford James White" which includes transcripts of letters written by White during 1943-1948 from the Northern Territory, Borneo and Japan. The manuscript also contains ...MSS1939
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Ceramic vase fused with melted glass, atomic blast Hiroshima: Elsie May Rayner
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Remains of a ceramic vase fused with melted glass.REL/21011.003
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Ceremonial retreat at Tokyo
Film
Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
A guard from the 5th Ghurka Rifles, assisted by the massed pipe bands of the 1st Punjab Regiment, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and the Royal Ghurka Rifles together with the Kumaon Regimental Ba...F07471
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Certificate Collection
Published Collection
Maker: Various
Contains a selection of certificates, scrolls, rolls of honor and nominal rolls related to the armed forces and philanthropic organisations.RC00684
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Change trains at Hiroshima
Art
Maker: Waite, Allan George
Two Australians in greatcoats and slouch hats wait to board a steam train at Hiroshima. This image was painted in the 1950s from a photograph taken in 1946 while Waite was stationed in Japan with the...ART94067
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Changing of the guard at the Emperor's palace
Film
Maker: O'Halloran, John Frederick M
On 11 May 1946, forty men under Lieutenant Chapman from 65 Australian Infantry Battalion took over guard duties from the American 7 Cavalry Regiment. This was the first BCOF guard on the Palace. Inspe...F07456
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Changing sentries, Imperial Palace Tokyo
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reginald
A study of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, with surrounding landscape and birds flying overhead. Two Australian Soldiers are presented in the lower left corner. Initially working as a commercia...ART96367
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C-in-C BCOF visits New Zealand troops
Film
Maker: Military History Section, BCOF
34 (VX20321, VX80578) Lieutenant General Horace Clement Hugh Robertson CBE DSO, Commander-in-Chief BCOF in Japan, inspects various New Zealand troops and nurses in BCOF area. Also identified: Brigadie...F07459
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Collection relating to 337653 (VX1902) Lieutenant Colonel Leslie James Jewson
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Ms Bubby Allen performing at The Tivoli Theatre, Sydney. The performance was part of the vaudeville theatrical genre, which Ms Allen performed in various shows throughout the 1940s. Ms Allen met 337...P11994.001
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Collection relating to 337653 (VX1902) Lieutenant Colonel Leslie James Jewson
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 337653 (VX1902) Lieutenant Colonel Leslie James Jewson. Lt Col Jewson served in the Second World War in the Middle East and Greece as well as British Commonwealth Occupation Force i...P11994.002
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Commander in Chief BCOF Lieutenant-General Robertson joins 1 US Cavalry Division
Film
Maker: Military History Section, BCOF
At a parade held in the US Cavalry Camp in Tokyo, 34 (VX20321, VX80578) Lieutenant General Horace Clement Hugh Robertson CBE DSO was made an honorary member of the 1st US Cavalry Division by Major Gen...F07461
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Commander in Chief's residence - Siamese legation, Tokyo
Art
Maker: Colville, George
Commander-in-Chief's residence - Siamese Legation, Tokyo.ART26942
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Copy of a Japanese newpaper that includes a facsimile of a Daily Telegraph story relating to an ...
Photograph
Maker: British Commonwealth Public Relations Section, Japan
Copy of a Japanese newpaper that includes a facsimile of a Daily Telegraph story relating to an Australian soldier. Frank Loyal Weaver had threatened to suicide if he wasn't allowed to return to hi...MISJ0105
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Davis, Irvine Leslie (Leading Aircraftman, b.1924 - d.1977)
Private Record
Maker: Davis, Irvine Leslie
Collection relating to the Second World War and British Commonwealth Occupational Force (BCOF) service of 71625 Leading Aircraftman Irvine Leslie Davis, 7 Operational Training Unit, No. 8 Squadron, No...PR05481
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Disposal of Japanese ammunition
Film
Maker: Military History Section, BCOF
Australian soldier at cordite stack laying cordite fuse away from main dump. Japanese working in background.F07509
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6 Division volunteers leaves Wewak for BCOF in Japan
Film
Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
Members of 6th Australian Division who volunteered for service with the BCOF, Japan, left Wewak on 26 October 1945, in the troopship MV Manoora. Shows two soldiers carrying placard "Tokyo here we come...F07440
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Docks area from Hillside, Kure
Art
Maker: Colville, George
Depicts the dock area from Hillside, Kure Harbour, Japan.ART26944
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Donald Douglas Beard discussess his service as a doctor and surgeon in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC), 1949-1968, interviewed by Brendan O'Keefe.
Sound
Maker: Beard, Donald Douglas
The interview covers his posting to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), Kure, Japan, 1949-1950. Later attached to 3 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), Korea, 1951, followed by ...S02143
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Donnelly, Roma
Manuscript
Maker: Donnelly, Roma
Thesis titled `A Civilising Influence? Women in The British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan 1946-1952.' Discusses the contribution by Women in Nursing and Medical Services, Red Cross, YMCA, Can...MSS1555
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Doyle, John Aloysius
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces
Record of Service Book belonging to NX501717 Private (Pte) John Aloysius Doyle whilst serving with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in Japan during the period March 1946 to December 19...PR05334
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Dr Evatt's tour of BCOF installation
Film
Maker: Cuthbert, Allan George
Dr and Mrs Evatt, as guests of the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) 34 (VX20321, VX80578) Lieutenant-General Horace Clement Hugh Robertson CBE DSO, made a tour of the BCOF installations today on their arri...F07496
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Duckworth, Winifred Mary (Freda)
Private Record
Maker: Duckworth, Winifred Mary (Freda)
Collection related to Mrs Winifred Mary (Freda) Duckworth who was a Representative with the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Japan with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) fr...PR05058
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Dulcie Thompson as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service (RAANS) and the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1940-1966, interviewed by Jan Bassett
Sound
Maker: Bassett, Jan Thompson, Dulcie Vera Bassett, Jan
Early life; began nursing at the age of 19 in Adelaide; joined army reserve in 1937; after declaration of war in 1939 carried out part-time nursing duties for the army on days off from civilian nursin...S01811
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Education in Japan
Film
Maker: Walker, D C
Children of the officers and men serving with BCOF in Japan attend army schools. At the date taken, classes are small as the Australian families have not yet arrived. BCOF is an integrated force and t...F07511
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Embarkation of part of the 34th Australian Infantry Brigade on the Stanford Victory at Morotai
Film
Maker: O'Halloran, John Frederick M
After training in the Morotai area, members of 34th Australian Infantry Brigade embarked on the Stanford Victory on 7 February 1946, for the six day journey to Kure, Japan, as part of the Japan Occupa...F07444
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Embarkation of 1048 troops of the 34 Australian Infantry Brigade on SS Taos Victory at Morotai
Film
Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
The main contingent of the 34th Australian Infantry Brigade, some 1000 men, embarked on SS Taos Victory on 15 February 1946, at Morotai, for the trip to Kure, Japan. Also arrival of Lieutenant General...F07446
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Empire Day Tokyo
Film
Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
Empire Day in Tokyo was celebrated by a parade of units forming the BCOF, through the streets. Commander in chief (C-in-C) BCOF Lieutenant General John Northcott officially opened Empire House, former...F07464
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Epitomization of SNAFU, Otaki
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Wrecked oil refinery. Otaki is a repatriation area for returning Japanese POW. 2 New Zealand Expeditionary Force Cavalry Division are in control of the centre.ART26385
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Eric Smith and Lauchlan MacLean, British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), Japan, Second World War, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
Sound
Maker: Maclean, Lauchlan Duart Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Discuss their personal experiences of the Second World War; training in Australia; going to Japan with British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF).S01682
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Establishment of RAF station at Miho
Film
Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
General views of the reconstruction of the former Japanese Naval Air Academy at Miho which was to become a RAF station. In charge of the advanced RAAF party was O4394 Flying Officer Harold Edwin Panne...F07463
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Fallen idol, Hiroshima
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Ruined masonary and a fallen Buddah, are all that remain of a one time shrine.ART26372
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Farewell to the Ship
Art
Maker: Tabei, K
Depicts a young woman, seated on a pole at a pier, with a suitcase beside her, crying as a ship sails out of the harbour behind her. A crowd of Japanese people are beside her on the pier. This is one ...ART95090
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"Fire!" Torpedo factory at Dainyu, near Kure
Art
Maker: Waite, Allan George
Scene of a munitions factory engulfed in flames near the water's edge. A group of figures are pumping water from the bay to put the fire out.ART94081
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First Lancastrian to land in Japan
Film
Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
The first Lancastrian aircraft chartered by the RAAF from Qantas arriving at Iwakuni. O36 Air Vice Marshal John Patrick Joseph McCauley greets the crew. Mr Alex Gurney, passenger, originator of the Bl...F07473
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Fishing with Cormorants
Art
Maker: Tabei, K
Depicts a young woman on a fishing boat at night, with Japanese fishermen using cormorants to catch fish. This is one of 15 cartoons by a Japanese artist of miltary life in Japan, capturing the day to...ART95094
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47460 Flying Officer Murray Geoffrey Short in swim wear, possibly using surveying equipment. ...
Photograph
47460 Flying Officer Murray Geoffrey Short in swim wear, possibly using surveying equipment. Flying Officer Short enlisted to the Royal Australian Air Force on 5 February 1942, after a period of servi...AWM2020.486.3
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47460 Flying Officer Murray Geoffrey Short taking a self portrait. Flying Officer Short enlisted ...
Photograph
47460 Flying Officer Murray Geoffrey Short taking a self portrait. Flying Officer Short enlisted to the Royal Australian Air Force on 5 February 1942, after a period of service with the Australian Arm...AWM2020.486.2
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Garrison church of St Peter, Kure
Art
Maker: Colville, George
Garrison Church of St Peter, Kure, Japan, built by Australian engineers.ART26936
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General Blamey at athletics meeting
Film
Maker: Military History Section, BCOF
VX1 General Sir Thomas Albert Blamey GBE KCB CMG DSO ED, visits an athletic meeting held at Anzac Park during his three week visit to Japan. He took the salute for the march past and also presented th...F07507
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General coverage HMAS Kanimbla Japan to Australia
Film
Maker: Military History Section, BCOF
Troops returning from BCOF Japan to Australia via the HMAS Kanimbla. Troops embarked at Kure. The following scenes show troops on the Kanimbla.F07504