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Photograph 145670 Second World War, 1939-1945Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-06-04. An elevated view of BCOF farm buildings in a fertile valley.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-06-04. This mountain dominates the scene near the BCOF farm. Across the Oze River are barley fields.
Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-06-04. An elevated view of BCOF farm buildings in a fertile valley.

Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-06-04. Drums of phosphates and fertilisers imported from Australia for use on BCOF farm.

Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-06-04. VX500560 Private A. C. Patterson of Terang and VX17870 Sergeant J. P. Heavey of Melbourne are two soldiers who work on the BCOF farm. On the farm is an irrigation syste

Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-06-04. Exterior view of the buildings on the BCOF farm. The Nissen hut in the centre foreground is the mens quarters; near the flagstaff are kitchen, dining hall and lounge. I

Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-06-04. BCOF farm operates its own sawmill. Boards are cut from logs grown in the locality and from these the carpenters make crates for packing the vegetables for Kure.

Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-08-12. (Mama-sans) Japanese women workers collect their tools and are about to start a day's work in the fields on the BCOF farm.
