British Commonwealth Occupation of Japan. Mostly non-New Zealand

Multiple copies of assorted official and unofficial photographs; most contain captions.

Series of photographs of units of the British Pacific Fleet's visit to Japan (Vice-Admiral Sir Dennis W Boyd); Allied Missions visit to Kure; first WAAFs to visit Japan, photographed with Air Vice Marshal C A Bouchier and Wing Commander R A C Barkley; series of photographs of Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, including instruction of students of the Indian wing (resettlement programme); King's Birthday Parade in Tokyo (2nd Bn, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles; 30th Field Battery, Royal Artillery; 268 Indian Brigade); parade in honour of Princess Elizabeth's wedding in Tokyo; series of photographs of Royal Welch Fusiliers, including Cadet Ensigns of the F.A.N.Y. Canteen staff stationed at Tokushima; visit of the Chaplains General of the AMF; visit of Mr & Mrs MacMahon Ball; Mrs H C H Robertson visiting 130 Australian General Hospital; visit of Lord and Lady Tedder; visit of French frigate `Decouverte' to Kure (Commander Huert with Capt W W P Shirley-Rollison).

Indian Army Signals Detachment (Indian Air Formation Signals) at Iwakuni; visit of five British MPs; Shikoku earthquake relief and rescue work; aftermath of Kure bomb damage (including dock area); Pilot H Hurn's hobby farm on waste land; BCAIR police checking for illegal trafficking on river boats; contraband cargo captured from Chinese junk at Yanai by Australian Air Force personnel; sumo wrestlers; Japanese home in ruins of Kure shrine; Kure street scene; view of Hiroshima showing plane dropping safety leaflets; view of garden party at British Embassy, Tokyo.

Series of photographs taken during `Safety Week' campaign

Gloucester House, last of 16 holiday hostels opened for BCOF personnel, near Kobe; Rear-Admiral A M Bledsoe, Commander of US Naval Support Group, with Air Vice Marshal J P Macauley, Chief of Staff, HQ BCOF; conference of Japanese YWCA (Miss Leila Bridgman, Miss Jean Begg and Mrs Frederic Newhouse, National President of YWCA of Great Britain); crowd scene during visit of Emperor Hirohito to Hiroshima; C-in-C BCOF Conference at Eta Jima (named on back).

Series of photographs of the British and Indian Division of BCOF race meeting at Okayama; series of photographs of dedication of the font at St George's Garrison Church at Eta Jima

Photographs taken of facilities, life and Japanese staff at Eta Jima; leaflet drop from a Dakota as part of a reafforestation scheme; Dakota and Auster aircraft at Iwakuni; emergency airstrip at Okayama (from the air); Sgt J I Rattray & Cpl N H Bashford with a Japanese-American translating captured Japanese Air Force documents; group at picnic lunch (Air Vice Marshal Bouchier, Gen Robertson, Col E P Dickson & Major General Clovis Byers, Chief of Staff 8th US Army); Japanese language class; Japanese school children at outdoor class on an island in the Inland sea.

Quantity: 233 b&w original photographic print(s).