MELJ1060 Accession Number: MELJ1060

Description

Resposible for vehicle maintenance at the British Commonwealth Provost Company's Tokyo Detachment, in addition to his normal Military Police (MP) duties, is 210349 Corporal (Cpl) Gerald (Gerry) Robert Broom, of North Perth, WA. Here Cpl Broom turns from a greasing job on a jeep to sign a document for a Japanese member of the Detachment's office staff. Before coming to Tokyo eighteen months ago, Pte Broom served for a year in Korea.

Details

Accession Number
MELJ1060
Photographer
Sergeant Donald Albert (Tim) Meldrum
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Measurement
Overall: 3 15/16 in x 5 1/4 in
Image: 3 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in
Date Made
15 September 1955
Place Made
Tokyo
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Accession MELJ1060

More like this

HOBJ0262

Photograph HOBJ0262 British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)

Two unidentified Military Police (MP) with the 1st Australian Provost Company BCOF, escort a Japanese civilian seated in the back of a Military Police jeep. A male Japanese officer speaks into a radio

HOBJ0249

Photograph HOBJ0249 British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)

Two unidentified Military Police (MP) with the 1st Australian Provost Company BCOF escort a young Japanese man in the back of a Military Police jeep. The jeep is in the street outside a Japanese shop

HOBJ0251

Photograph HOBJ0251 British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)

Two unidentified Military Police (MP) with the 1st Australian Provost Company BCOF escort a young Japanese man seated in the back of a Military Police jeep. A female Japanese Police officer sits next

HOBJ0261

Photograph HOBJ0261 British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)

Two unidentified Military Police (MP) with the 1st Australian Provost Company BCOF, escort a Japanese civilian seated in the back of a Military Police jeep. A female Japanese Police officer sits next

HOBJ0252

Photograph HOBJ0252 British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)

Two unidentified Military Police (MP) with the 1st Australian Provost Company BCOF, escort a Japanese civilian seated in the back of a Military Police jeep. A female Japanese Police officer sits next

HOBJ0255

Photograph HOBJ0255 British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)

Two unidentified Military Police (MP) with the 1st Australian Provost Company BCOF, escort a Japanese civilian seated in the back of a Military Police jeep. A female Japanese Police officer sits next

See more similar items →

Last modified: 1 May 2023 - 1.54 am

Back to search