The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Lady Edwina Mountbatten (right) talks with Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) W Bridgeford, Commander of British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) (right),possibly in a hospital lounge room in Japan. On Lt Gen Bridgeford's right is an unidentified civilian woman. Lady Mountbatten is visiting hospitals and other medical facilities in Southeast Asia in her capacity as Superintendent in Chief St John Ambulance Brigade, and Chairman of St John and Red Cross Services Hospitals Welfare Department. Note that both Lady Mountbatten and Lt Gen Bridgeford are wearing black armbands. Lady Mountbatten is wearing a St John shoulder title on and a circular patch on the lower part of her left sleeve, which reads 'ORDER OF ST JOHN BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY SERVICE HOSPITAL WELFARE'.
Lady Edwina Mountbatten (right) talks with Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) W Bridgeford, Commander of British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) (right),possibly in a hospital lounge room in Japan. On Lt G
Lady Edwina Mountbatten prepares to shake hands with Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) W Bridgeford, Commander of British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) (right), after her arrival at an airfield in Japan.
Lady Edwina Mountbatten meets with General (Gen) Matthew B Ridgway, Commander in Chief United Nations Command (left) and Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) W Bridgeford, Commander of British Commonwealth For
Lady Edwina Mountbatten meets with General (Gen) Matthew B Ridgway, Commander in Chief United Nations Command (left) and Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) W Bridgeford, Commander of British Commonwealth For
Lady Edwina Mountbatten sits on a lounge chair in a hospital room in Japan, and talks with a Japanese man. The man is wearing a Red Cross badge on his lapel, and is probably an official with the Japa
Lady Edwina Mountbatten (left) sits in a patients' lounge room in a hospital in Japan and talks with two women in civilian dress. Lady Mountbatten is visiting hospitals and other medical facilities i
