MELJ1438 Accession Number: MELJ1438

Description

After the Queen's Birthday parade of British Commonwealth forces at Kure, Japan, Mrs Bierwirth, the wife of Lieutenant General R Bierwirth, Commander in Chief, British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK), attends a children's party given in her honour. Here three young Japanese girls are performing a ballet dance, the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. The girls sitting in the background dressed in Kimonos are not Japanese. They are probably the daughters of British Commonwealth servicemen stationed in Japan.

Details

Accession Number
MELJ1438
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 1/8 in
Image: 3 11/16 in x 4 5/8 in
Date Made
June 1956
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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