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
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
c November 1950
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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