Description
Funeral of an Australian soldier at the British Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, Yokohama, Japan. The coffin, draped in the Australian flag, is being carried by pallbearers into the cemetery, past an honour guard of Royal Australian Regiment soldiers. The chaplain and a British Commonwealth officer are preceding the coffin, while behind the coffin officers and soldiers are carrying wreaths of flowers. The members of the guard are standing at attention with heads bowed, their hands crossed over the butts of their rifles and the muzzles of their rifles resting on the toes of their boots. The funeral is probably that of either 2400748 Private E D Crawley (died 6 March 1953); or 22737 Temporary Corporal K J Hutchinson (died 14 April 1953); or QX25532 Sergeant A B Masterton (died 3 April 1953).
Details
Accession Number
HOBJ4131
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
February-May 1953
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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