The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Miyajima Island, Japan. c. May 1955. Miyajima, the Rest Centre for British Commonwealth Troops from Japan and Korea, is a picturesque spot in the Japanese Inland Sea. Visiting soldiers on leave from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), are always keen to get a few postcards to send to the folks at home. Here Private Bruce Collis of Brighton, Tas, makes a purchase from the "Momma san" who owns a gift stall on the island.
Miyajima Island, Japan. c. May 1955. Miyajima, the Rest Centre for British Commonwealth Troops from Japan and Korea, is a picturesque spot in the Japanese Inland Sea. Visiting soldiers on leave from t
Miyajima Island, Japan. c. May 1955. Miyajima, the Rest Centre for British Commonwealth Troops from Japan and Korea, is a picturesque spot in the Japanese Inland Sea. Two visiting soldiers on leave fr
Miyajima Island, Japan. c. May 1955. Two Australian soldiers, on leave from 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), in Korea, approach a sacred Shinto shrine on the island of Miyajima in
Miyajima Island, Japan. c. May 1955. The island of Miyajima on the Japanese Inland Sea is the Rest Centre for British Commonwealth troops from Korea and Japan. There are innumerable recreational facil
Miyajima Island, Japan. c. May 1955. Leaving the main Shinto shrine on the island of Miyajima in the Japanese Inland Sea, are Private Trev Forrester of Adelaide, SA (left), and Corporal Norm McBride o
The island of Miyajima, the main leave centre for British Commonwealth troops serving in Japan and Korea, is a picturesque beauty spot in the Japanese Inland Sea. As in all beauty spots of Japan to wh
