107833 Accession Number: 107833

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Hiroshima, Japan. 1954-12-23. Santa Claus played by Captain R. Hughes of 2nd Echelon walks along the aisle, flanked by Japanese children at the camp theatre hall. Every year since Australians have been in Japan, HQ Australian Army Component, British Commonwealth Forces, Korea (BCFK), have held a christmas party for families of Japanese staff working at the headquarters.

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Accession Number
107833
Photographer
Sergeant S V Baxter
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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