The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
On 30 March 1946, the British troopship Dunera carrying the first large contingent of the British and Indian Division, arrived at Kure Naval base from Bombay. Commanding the Division was Major General D T Cowan. At 11.00 hours the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Regiment disembarked from the Dunera and marched through Kure, led by the Regimental Pipe Band. Also identified: Brigadier (Brig) Anderson; Brigadier G H Clifton DSO ME; Lieutenant General J Northcott.
On 12 April 1946, the flags of the British Commonwealth of Nations were flown together for the first time in occupied Japan. The Commander-in-Chief BCOF, Lieutenant General J Northcott, inspected a gu
