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 his choice from the wide selection on display at this island gift shop. Note the Koma-Inu, the lion headed dog of Chinese mythology, top right.
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. 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. Private Trev Forrester of Adelaide, SA (left), and Corporal Norm McBride of Cairns, Qld (right), two Australian soldiers, on leave at the island of Miyajima in the
Kure, Japan. c. April 1955. Nurse M. C. (Jenny) Parbs of Wellington East, SA, admires a Koma-Inu, the lion headed dog of Chinese mythology which stands guard outside the entrance to a Shinto shrine. S
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
