The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
General coverage of visit of Chief of General Staff 35 (VX3) Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sydney Faibairn Rowell CB CBE to Australian service establishments in Japan and Korea in May 1952. While in Korea the General visted the United Nations War Cemetery at Pusan and American General Van Fleet as well as the Australian units. Back in Japan the Australian Naval Base HMAS Commonwealth was also included in his tour. Also identified: 36 (VX38969) Lt Gen 'Big Bill' William Bridgeford CB CBE MC, Commander in Chief British Commonwealth Occupation Force; Dr Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea; Lt Gen James Van Fleet, Commanding General 8th US Army; Commander Charles John Stephenson, RAN; Lieutenant Commander (S) (Lt Comdr) Austin Lawrence Miller, RAN; Lt Comdr P Mansel Pleydell, Royal Navy (very tall officer); Lieutenant Leslie George Philip Waller, RAN Volunteer Reserves; Lt P G Duncan, RAN (Kure, Japan); Warrant Officer T Murray GM; Captain G J Leary, Guard Commander.
At HMAS Commonwealth, Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) H Wells CB CBE DSO (right), shakes hands with Lt Gen R Bierwirth, the new Commander in Chief, British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK), before depart
Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) R Bierwirth CBE (left), Commander in Chief designate, British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK), has arrived at Haneda airfield at Tokyo, Japan. Left to right are: Lt Gen H
Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) R Bierwirth CBE (left), Commander in Chief designate, British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK), has arrived at Haneda airfield at Tokyo, Japan. Left to right beside the RAA
Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) R Bierwirth CBE (left), Commander in Chief designate, British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK), has arrived at Haneda airfield at Tokyo, Japan. Left to right are: Lt Gen H
Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) W Bridgeford MC CBE CB, Commander in Chief British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) (left), shakes hands with Lt Gen H Wells at a wharf, probably in Kure, Japan. Lt Gen H
Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Rudolph Bierwirth CBE, Commander in Chief, designate, British Commonwealth Forces, Korea (BCFK) (left), was welcomed by Major General H. Murray, General Officer Commanding,
