The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An unidentified Australian serviceman studies a Japanese newspaper in a British Comonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) office, where the content of newspapers and other written Japanese information is examined. Also on the desk are a partly written letter in English, large sheets of paper with Japanese characters painted in black ink and a Japanese/English dictionary. Behind him the shelves are stacked with newspapers and other paperwork.
Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1948-11-29. A member of the Intelligence Section, 67th Infantry Battalion serving with BCOF (right), works at a desk in his office while, behind him, a Japanese interpreter employ
Japanese national flag with two sewn on cotton tapes, one at each end of the fly, and in the centre a red sewn on disc (hinomaru) 35cm in diameter. The circle is sewn into a hole cut in the flag's bod
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX43930 Sergeant (Sgt) Frederick William Whitney, 8th Australian Division Mobile Laundry. Comprises two items - a handwritten diary written by Sg
Several studies of Nurses drawn on the one page. A nurse is depicted measuring out medecine for a patient, two are shown reading a paper, and there are two portrait studies, one from behind and the ot
During a period of ethnic unrest in Solomon Islands, children attend a school near the Moro Movement area on the Weathercoast of Guadalcanal. Seated on the floor of a hut, they are following a lesson
An unidentified soldier, probably a member of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), speaks on the telephone and takes down instructions in a communications dugout in Korea. Another
