HOBJ0252 Accession Number: HOBJ0252

Description

Two unidentified Military Police (MP) with the 1st Australian Provost Company BCOF, escort a Japanese civilian seated in the back of a Military Police jeep. A female Japanese Police officer sits next to the driver, while a male Japanese officer helps guard the young man in the back. The group has just left a hardware shop in Kure, and is passing a horse and cart carrying hay. Several Japanese bystanders watch the jeep pass. Note the jeep has a number 95, a British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) crown and an Australian rising sun above the bumper bar.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ0252
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
c 1950
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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