The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Tokyo leave from Korea. The Dog on the Tucker Box story was told by the Aussies when this statue was sighted. 1410845 Private (Pte) Kenneth (Ken) Alfred Walker, of Rockhampton, Qld, and of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), told the Gundagai yarn which is very similar to the Tokyo story. The statue in Tokyo commemorates the dog who waited for two years at a railway station after his master's death. Left to right: 4327 Pte Rex Herbert Stevens, of Barmera, SA, and of 1RAR; Pte Ian Crawford, of Tarbert, Argyleshire, and of the 1st Camerons; Pte Walker; and Driver Bert Harrod, of Palmerstone North, New Zealand, and of the Royal New Zealand Service Corps (RNZSC). (The original caption above was written for Australian public relations distribution. Following, is the original caption written for British and New Zealand distribution). The statue of the faithful dog who waited for two years at the Tokyo Railway Station after his master's death intrigued the visitors. The Aussies told the story of the Dog on the Tucker Box at Gundagai, Australia, which is very similar.
On Tokyo leave from Korea, 1410845 Private (Pte) Kenneth (Ken) Alfred Walker (left), of Rockhampton, Qld, and of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), touches the statue commemorati
After a clean up and a change of clothes the leave draft is ready for the first Tokyo trip on a bus with an indicator which reads 'MELVIN SQUARE, TEMPLE HEADS, WELLS ROAD, BROAD WALK'. Left to right:
After a clean up and a change of clothes the leave draft is ready for the first Tokyo trip on a bus with an indicator which reads 'MELVIN SQUARE, TEMPLE HEADS, WELLS ROAD, BROAD WALK'. Left to right:
A group of British Commonwealth soldiers on leave from Korea are enjoying a visit to a Tokyo club. Drinks are not cheap outside the Ebisu Camp, but the atmosphere of the club is cheerful. The soldiers
A group of British Commonwealth soldiers on leave from Korea are enjoying a visit to a Tokyo club. Drinks are not cheap outside the Ebisu Camp, but the atmosphere of the club is cheerful. The soldiers
Tokyo is a far cry from Gundagai but here two Australian unidentified soldiers admire a monument to another "Tucker Box Dog" in front of Shibuya railway station. This dog always accompanied his master
