HOBJ0250 Accession Number: HOBJ0250

Description

Two unidentified Military Police (MP) with the 1st Australian Provost Company BCOF escort a young Japanese man in the back of a Military Police jeep. The jeep is in the street outside a Japanese shop in Kure. A female Japanese Police officer sits next to the driver, while a male Japanese officer sits behind the driver, helping to guard the prisoner. Note that the Japanese Police officers are wearing a striped brassards on their right arms.ith the 1st Australian Provost Company BCOF escort a Japanese civilian in the back of a Military Police jeep.A female Japanese Police officer sits next to the driver, while a male Japanese officer sits behind the driver, helping to guard the young man. The jeep is in the street outside a Japanese shop in Kure. Many bicycles are parked in front of the shop and several Japanese civilians are nearby. Note the jeep has a number 95, a British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) crown and an Australian rising sun above the bumper bar.

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Conflicts

• British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)