AT SEA OFF JAPAN. 1946-02-12. SOLDIERS ENJOYING A GAME OF BRIDGE ON THE MESS DECK OF THE ...

Place Asia: Japan, Kure
Accession Number 125550
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
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AT SEA OFF JAPAN. 1946-02-12. SOLDIERS ENJOYING A GAME OF BRIDGE ON THE MESS DECK OF THE TRANSPORT VESSEL STAMFORD VICTORY. LEFT TO RIGHT: VX110510 SERGEANT J. P. JAMIESON, 254 ADVANCED STORES DEPOT (ASD) PLATOON; NXNX145480 CORPORAL B. DENSHIRE, NO. 254 ASD PLATOON; NX178064 SERGEANT R. K. HARRIS, NO. 254 ASD PLATOON; AND NX171809 STAFF SERGEANT J. E. CHAFFEY. THE SHIP WAS TAKING AUSTRALIANS OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE (BCOF) TO KURE. (PHOTOGRAPHER SSGT CUTHBERT)