The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Tokyo, Japan. 11 January 1955. Australian soldiers mingle with the holiday crowds entering the Asakusa shopping centre. Asakusa is the principal entertainment and shopping centre of Tokyo outside of the City proper and is a famous tourist attraction. Beggars are not often seen in Japan, but the two men in white on the left are veterans of the Japanese marines, one of whom plays a guitar while the one armed man holds a collection box over a sign reading: Please help the wounded war veterans association.
Asakusa is the principal entertainment and shopping centre of Tokyo outside of the city proper and is a famous tourist attraction. Here two unidentified Australian soldiers mingle with the crowds thro
Tokyo, Japan. 11 January 1955. The Christmas New Year period in Japan is known as the "Happy Season". Here Australian soldiers mingle with the crowds thronging the gaily decorated shops and stalls to
Miyajima Island, Japan. c. May 1955. The island of Miyajima, in the Inland Sea of Japan, is the main Leave Centre for British Commonwealth troops on leave from Japan and Korea. An island of particular
Tokyo, Japan. January 1955. Possibly the best known name band in Australia, Graham Bell's Australian Jazz Band came to the Far East under the auspices of the Australian Army to entertain troops in Jap
Tokyo, Japan. January 1955. Possibly the best known name band in Australia, Graham Bell's Australian Jazz Band came to the Far East under the auspices of the Australian Army to entertain troops in Jap
Tokyo, Japan. January 1955. Possibly the best known name band in Australia, Graham Bell's Australian Jazz Band came to the Far East under the auspices of the Australian Army to entertain troops in Jap
