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Photograph 145673 Second World War, 1939-1945Shimogahara, 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.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-06-04. Seedlings grown in seedbeds on the BCOF farm, include gum trees intended originally for the re-decoration of Hiroshima but now destined for the British War Cemetery at Yokohama.
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. These gumtree seedlings came from Australia and are being propagated at BCOF farm.

Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-08-12. Tomatoes grown on BCOF farm are sorted and cleaned by Japanese women prior to re-crating them for 256 Supply Depot Platoon or the Detail Issue Depots.

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

Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-08-12. Two Japanese women labourers picking cucumbers grown at BCOF farm.

Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-06-04. An elevated view of BCOF farm buildings in a fertile valley.
