147302 Accession Number: 147302

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Kure, Japan. 1949-06-24. Side view of the badly damaged BCOF bus that sits in a shed of the Services Investigating Bureau, after plunging into the sea on the road between Iwakuni and Kure, killing 3/449 Captain J. F. Smith, Royal Australian Army Service Corps, and injuring nine other members from the Buffalo Lodge.

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Accession Number
147302
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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