The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Able Seaman (AB) Bill Cooper of Enfield, NSW (left), and AB Max McCulloch of Barham, NSW, get a kick out of securing the Australian Ensign to the jackstaff on the forecastle of HMAS Ballarat as she secures alongside the wharf for the first time in the Yokosuka Naval Base.
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. Trying out the latest style in Japanese fire engines, these naval ratings attached to the British Landing Force get a kick out of life in the occupied naval
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. Australian naval ratings from HMAS Napier inspecting a Japanese Shinyo suicide launch and a midget submarine alongside each other in the Yokosuka Naval Base
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. Able Seaman (AB) Les Coad of Ballarat, Vic; AB Ian Cox of South Yarra, Vic, and AB Kevin Sorrenson of Coorparoo, Qld, all RAN and members of the crew of HMA
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. This 18" Japanese naval shell found in the Yokosuka Naval Base, was one of the largest of its kind in the world. The RAN ratings straddling it are attached
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. c. September 1945. After searching a store in the Japanese Naval Base of Yokosuka, troops of the British Landing Force mark up on a door that it is safe. They are Able Seam
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. 1945. Three puzzled Australian naval ratings attached to the British Landing Force Headquarters in the Yokosuka Naval Base, try to decipher a Japanese sign. Left to right:
