HOBJ0253 Accession Number: HOBJ0253

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-drawn cart heavily laden with hay. Several Japanese cyclists ride along the street. Power poles and lines tower over the low buildings. 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
HOBJ0253
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
c November 1950
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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