The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. c. September 1945. After searching a store in the Japanese Naval Base of Yokosuka, troops of the British Landing Force mark up on a door that it is safe. They are Able Seaman (AB) Clifford Cooper, RN, of Middleton, Manchester, England (left), and Petty Officer Colin Frew, RNZN, of Ponsonby, Auckland, NZ. AB Cooper is holding a 9mm Lanchester sub-machine gun with fixed bayonet.
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. c. September 1945. Able Seaman Reginald Cornes, RNZN, of Waihi, North Island, NZ, stands guard in Yokosuka Naval Base as rounded up Japanese are brought in for questioning.
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. Able Seaman (AB) Ted May, RAN, of Drummoyne, NSW, sitting on a small stool found in HMAS Thracian, a British destroyer which was captured by the Japanese in
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. Australian naval ratings from HMAS Napier inspecting a Japanese Shinyo suicide launch and a midget submarine alongside each other in the Yokosuka Naval Base
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. 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:
Able Seaman (AB) Bill Cooper of Enfield, NSW (left), and AB Max McCulloch of Barham, NSW, get a kick out of securing the Australian Ensign to the jackstaff on the forecastle of HMAS Ballarat as she se
