The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. A huge Japanese cargo ship carrying a submarine is examined by Australian naval personnel. This submarine was found in the Yokosuka Naval Base when it was occupied by the British Landing Force. Note the badly damaged ship in the background.
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. A Japanese cargo ship carrying a submarine in the course of completion found in the Yokosuka Naval Base. Note the merchant ship alongside it with its stern
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. A combination of English and Japanese language signs can be found on the British destroyer HMS Thracian which was captured by the Japanese on the fall of Si
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. Captain H. J. Buchanan DSO, RAN, Commander of the British Landing Force, en route with staff officers to inspect the British destroyer HMS Thracian which wa
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. Able Seaman (AB) Ted May, RAN, of Drummoyne, NSW, sitting on a small stool found in HMAS Thracian, a British destroyer which was captured by the Japanese in
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. c. September 1945. Captain H. J. Buchanan, RAN, of Melbourne, Vic, Commanding Officer of the British Landing Force, accepting the surrender of three Japanese personnel on t
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
