The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Yokosuka Naval Base. September 1945. Able Seaman Steve Clough of Lakemba, NSW, smiles broadly as he tacks up the British Landing Force Headquarters sign on the entrance to the building requisitioned for this purpose in the Yokosuka Naval Base.
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. 1945. Three puzzled Australian naval ratings attached to the British Landing Force Headquarters in the Yokosuka Naval Base, try to decipher a Japanese sign. Left to right:
This Japanese sign in the Yokosuka Naval Base has Australian sentry Able Seaman Steve Clough of Lakemba, NSW, guessing. Note his rifle with fixed bayonet over his shoulder.
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. 1945. Able Seaman Tom Wild of Maroubra, NSW, stands guard over Japanese prisoners rounded in by the Yokosuka Naval Base on the occupation of it by troops of the British Lan
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. Trying out the latest style in Japanese fire engines, these naval ratings attached to the British Landing Force get a kick out of life in the occupied naval
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. A combination of English and Japanese language signs can be found on the British destroyer HMS Thracian which was captured by the Japanese on the fall of Si
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. This 18" Japanese naval shell found in the Yokosuka Naval Base, was one of the largest of its kind in the world. The RAN ratings straddling it are attached
