AWM Collection Record: HOBJ1136
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ID Number: | HOBJ1136 |
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| Maker: | Hobson, Phillip Oliver | ||
| Place made: | Japan: Kure | ||
| Date made: | 16 August 1950 | ||
| Physical description: | Black & white | ||
| Summary: | Kure, Japan. The Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Robert G. Menzies, inspecting BCOF Support Company, 3rd Battalion, during his tour of the area. Shown: 4/172 Staff Sergeant J. Ryan; Private (Pte) F. Jenkins; 6/4604 Pte E. K. Bates; 2/45222 Corporal W. R. Ward; Major I. B. Ferguson, Officer Commanding; Lieutenant Colonel F. S. Walsh, Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion; Captain (Capt) J. W. Callander; Capt Homerston, Aide-de-Camp; Mr Menzies. The Photographer squatting at centre and holding a Speed Graphic camera is thought to be Sergeant Claude Holzheimer, an official photographer with the Military History Section of the Australian Army. An unidentified movie cameraman, probably from a newsreel company is filming the inspection with a stand mounted camera (far right). Two other BCOF cameramen are recording the inspection. One is filming with a hand held movie camera (far left) and Warrant Officer Class 1Harold Vaughan Dunkley (second from left, wearing a beret) is loading a new sheet of film at the back of his Speed Graphic. | ||
| Copyright: | Copyright expired - public domain | ||
| Copyright holder: | Copyright Expired | ||
| Related conflict: | British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan); Korean War, 1950-1953 |
Last-Modified: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:42:22 GMT
