HOBJ0214 Accession Number: HOBJ0214

Description

Senior non commissioned officers sign commemorative menus at an Armistice Reunion Dinner for British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) 1914-1918 Personnel, at the Empire Club at Kure, Japan . The senior officer present was Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) H C H Robertson, Commander in Chief BCOF (not in view). Many of the group were veterans of both the First and Second World Wars. Left to right are: NX11012 Temporary Major Albert Arndell Coleman, BCOF Ordnance Depot; Staff Sergeant 'Dadda' Boyce; unidentified; unidentified; Sergeant Harold Bates-Brownsword; and VX14475 Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) Henry Thomas 'Jack' Harwood, the Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR).

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ0214
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
11 November 1949
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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