P01813.143 Accession Number: P01813.143

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Yokohama, Honshu, Japan, 1948-04-07. At the Yokohama British Commonwealth War Cemetery, an Australian Army chaplain (left) conducts the funeral service for a dead Australian soldier, possibly named Bissaker, who had been serving with BCOF. Pallbearers stand to attention on either side of the grave, while another group of soldiers stands in the background (right). The soldiers in the front row of this group are (left to right); 3/86 Lieutenant Colonel Fergus MacAdie, the Commanding Officer (CO) of the 67th Infantry Battalion; Lieutenant Patrick Joseph Slattery, 67 Battalion; unknown (wearing sunglasses). At the rear of the group, soldiers making up a funeral party stand with their heads bowed and the muzzles of their rifles resting on the toes of their boots. (Donor I. Robertson)

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P01813.143
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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