Informal portrait of Cecelia McMullan in the garden outside Z12, the family house in the British ...

Informal portrait of Cecelia McMullan in the garden outside Z12, the family house in the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) dependant housing area. In the background are other houses in the estate. The family Plymouth car (registration number ‘7C 75’ or ‘7C 76’), is parked in the street. The car was later shipped back to Australia by Captain McMullan, where he drove it for decades.This image is part of a collection of photographs taken in Japan between 1947 and 1952, relating to the service of VX150779 Captain (Capt) John Patrick (Jack) McMullan, of the BCOF Labour Unit in Japan. Capt McMullan’s wife Cecilia (also known as Celia and Celie), and son Brian John, lived with him in Japan as BCOF dependants. Cecilia and Brian were the photographers for most of the photographs in the collection. Brian was nine years old when he arrived in Japan in 1947. The presence of families of servicemen of all ranks was a distinctive aspect of BCOF.