The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The first phase of withdrawals of the Indian contingent from Japan began today. The 2/5th Royal Gurkha Rifles embarked at Kure onto the troopship Devonshire on their first leg home. Four special troop trains were needed to transport the draft from Okayama. At the station the 268 Brigade Group Commander, Brigadier (Brig) S N Shrinagesh and the 34th Infantry Brigade Commander 26 (N392) Brig Ronald Nicholas Lamond Hopkins greeted each train load of troops as they arrived at Kure station and boarded trucks which transported them to the Kure docks area where they embarked onto the troopship. The Gurkha Pipe Band supplied music while the troops were embarking, both at the station and docks.
Dr and Mrs Evatt, as guests of the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) 34 (VX20321, VX80578) Lieutenant-General Horace Clement Hugh Robertson CBE DSO, made a tour of the BCOF installations today on their arri
Today, BCOF's 2nd anniversary, 2,300 officers, men and members of the Women's Services paraded in Anzac Park and were reviewed by the Acting Commander in Chief Air Vice Marshal C A Bouchier CB CBE DFC
Admiral D C Ramsey, Commander in Chief US Pacific Fleet, with a party of his staff officers, paid a visit to the BCOF zone. Arriving at Hiroshima station they were met by 26 (N392) Brigadier Ronald Ni
Before several thousand spectators representing many nations, more than 1,200 BCOF troops paraded to mark the royal wedding. The parade gave a general salute on the arrival of 34 (VX20321, VX80578) Li
Honourable (Hon) C Chamber, Minister for Army, arrived Honeda airfield on 19 December 1946. He was accompanied by Mr H S Sinclair, Secretary of the Department of Army, a press secretary and a staff of
Accompanied by Brigadier (Brig) W Wilson, CO British Commonwealth Base, the Commander in Chief BCOF visited units under Base Command, meeting unit officers and inspecting the facilities in the area. A
