The Royal Navy frigate HMS Hart (F58), docked at a wharf, probably at Eta Jima. An officer and ...

Accession Number P05195.138
Collection type Photograph
Object type Transparency
Maker McMullan, Brian
McMullan, Cecilia Mary
Place made Japan
Date made c 1947-1952
Conflict British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
Copyright

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Description

The Royal Navy frigate HMS Hart (F58), docked at a wharf, probably at Eta Jima. An officer and two other crew members are deck. 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 British Commonwealth Occupation Force (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.