Kawana Hotel (Izu Peninsula, Japan)

Date: 1945-1948

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-132

Description: Multiple copies of official and unofficial photographs; most contain captions. Aftermath of war as seen at Kure docks; Japanese vessels being searched for contraband cargo; bread making (Pte H W Roger); instruction of firefighting squad (Pte H E Cooper and Australian soldiers); stores arriving at YWCA Transit Club at Kure; Beris Burrell being served tea in the garden of YWCA Transit Club; Miss Belle Turner (in charge of Transit Club) going over the stock sheets; YWCA staff in the lounge; Anzac Day parade at Kure; Col D Maxwell (Commander of BCOF Sub Base Tokyo) visits BCOF leave centre at Lakeside Hotel, Nikko (talking with S/Sgt J Cockerell and Sgt J S Smith); Vice Admiral Sir Dennis W Boyd (Commander-in-Chief of British Pacific Fleet) inspecting a guard of honour; photo of front page of `BCON', 20 April 1946; Pte H W Clark & Pte R H Jury (members of Young Farmers Club) on visit to an experimental farm near Bofu; on leave at a Japanese inn (Lt N F Tolerton, Sgt R J Anderson & Driver W J East); library of Army Education Centre (AC2 G P Redmond & LAC W Matthews); Pte J Burgess with his Japanese souvenirs; sightseeing at Kobe; group photo of officers and men of 2nd Battalion on occasion of Lt Gen Robertson's final farewell tour of the NZ area at Ozuki; fish being inspected by Sgt J R Anderson at Yamaguchi. Series of photographs relating to chicken sexing (Miss I F Turner and others); cherry blossom time at Eta Jima (Sgt L F Goffin, Sgt V G Brooker); photos taken during visit of Dr J Newman-Morris, Chairman of National Council of Australian Red Cross to Miyajima; Lord Tedder speaking to LAC J E Daniel; Major Gen W Bridgeford, Quartermaster General of Australian Forces on visit to Kure; `Bladin's Beach', Eta Jima; group photo of NZ rugby team who defeated Australian team to win the Duntroon Cup (all named); Pte Kay Jones at Dogoyama ski field; group of international photographers Lt-Gen H C H Robertson taking the salute during the march past at the Tokyo Parade on the Imperial Plaza, and leading the cheers for Princess Elizabeth; photos taken in the dry cleaning department; Lt-Gen H C H Robertson's return to Japan; Lt Gen Robertson presenting Sgt G J Molloy with a cup; large group of unidentified senior military personnel. HMS Commonwealth Sheild which is competed for among gun crews; Kawana Hotel; Japanese children with Royal Welsh Fusiliers in Tokushima Prefecture; ornamental lake in grounds of Maiko Hotel; training flights at Bofu (81 Wing Mustang); emergency airstrip at Okayama; Dakota and Auster at airstrip at Iwakuni; garden party in grounds of the British Embassy, Tokyo; Major-Gen D ennant Cowan of British & Indian Division of BCOF inspecting a guard at the Headquarters of 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers; NZ Concert Party at Iwakuni; Air Vice Marshal F M Bladin paying an official visit to Rear Admiral Bledsoe on board US cruiser Fall River; aerial view of Kure; archery practise; St George's Garrison Church at Eta Jima; interior of Other Ranks Club, Kure. Quantity: 199 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1945-1948

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-134

Description: Multiple copies of assorted official and unofficial photographs; most contain captions. Arrival of British schoolmistresses (Peggy Lumsden, Hilda Davey, Jo Stack and Pat Wetz); Pat Wetz with some of her pupils at Eta Jima; English children with Japanese house boy. Series of photographs of facilities at Eta Jima - Lounge of new YWCA lounge; aerial view of newly-built houses and surrounding area; principal administrative block; entrance to former naval academy; Officers' Club and Japanese garden; St George's Garrison Church (formerly Commeration Hall and used for passing out ceremonies of young Japanese naval officers); houses under construction; new fire station; Roxy cinema. Dry dock at Kure filled with wreckage and rubbish; destroyers of the former Japanese Imperial Navy moored at Kure awaiting their turn to be turned to scrap metal; Auster aircraft at Iwakuni; breadmaking; Dr & Mrs Evatt with Lt-Col H C H Robertson near the centre of the atomic bomb explosion at Hiroshima; General MacArthur, Lt-Gen Robert Eichelberger, Commanding General of the 8th US Army and Mr A D F Gascoigne, Head of the UK Liaison Mission on steps of British Embassy, Tokyo; Flight Lieutenant Dickerson, wife and twin sons; Kawana Hotel and golf links; Japanese housemaid at Kokkasa Hotel (holiday centre for BCOF troops on shore of Lake Biwa); burning ammunition ship just before final explosion; portrait of Capt Ray Sebastian, who was in charge of the Bomb Disposal Platoon from its inception. Dr J Newman-Morris with Brigadier A R Garret and Brigadier A G Wilson on tour of hospital installations in BCOF area of Japan; Japanese voters at Hongo; Squadron Leader Cockburn talking to Japanese farm workers on way to vote in a remote village in southern Honshu; visit of Vernon Bartlett & wife; Dogoyama Chalet in winter; ski-ing near British Commonwealth Air Station at Miho; recreation in the snow; Grand Final of the BCOF Quiz Championship on Radio WLKS; Provost Court; Japanese women and children; Japanese fishing boats at Koyo (terminal of BCOF ferry service); scenes of Japanese life at Kure; Red Cross Recreation Hall at Convalescent Depot; view of the Convalescent Depot (formerly a hotel) at Miyajima; archery; Japanese attendants at Officers' Club, Kure; Japanese children awiting the arrival of Emperor Hirohito to Hiroshima; contraband cargo found in a ship; roundup of Japanese receivers of stolen goods; parade of ship's company of `HMS Commonwealth' at Kure Base; sightseeing at Lake Chuzengi, near Nikko. Quantity: 139 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1945-1948

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-133

Description: Multiple copies of official and unofficial photographs; most contain captions. Japanese language class; Lord Tedder giving informal talk to Australian Flight Wing Officers at Bofu; group photo of New Zealand team which defeated Australian team to win the Duntroon Cup at Yamaguchi (all named); Captain R Wright receiving the cup from Air Vice Marshal F M Bladin; colour patch worn by members of BCOF in Japan; aircraft of the British Commonwealth Air Group during the Independence Day `fly-past'; guard of NZ Div. Cavalry during the changing of the guard at Brigade Headquarters; opening of the British Training School at Matsuyama on island of Shikoku (Lt-Col E M Mackill Crichton, chief instructor, and others); men on board `Dunera' or ready to depart (includes Trooper F Wilson); General V H Sturdee inspecting a guard of honour drawn from Australian troops of 34 Brigade on his arrival at Kure. AC1 Alsweiler giving cooking lesson to group of Japanese women; group of YWCA workers (B Turner, M K Oades, Mrs M Dodds, B J Burrell) on arrival in Japan; at dinner (N D Barry, J Cleverley, E Armstrong, J Lewis, N Logan); scene of destruction at Chofu; Pte C T Rose at Kawana Hotel; Lt J R Paton on Kawana Hotel golf links with Japanese female caddie; Chick Chin, golf instructor, at Kawana Hotel links; spectators in small craft at `air-power' display; decontamination clothing and masks; Lt-Gen H C H Robertson presenting a trophy to Capt A Sweeney; Sister R Little ski-ing at Dogoyama; Senior staff officers, Component Commanders of BCOF, and Commanders of Allied Military Government regions, photographed at a farewell dinner to Air Vice Marshal C A Bouchier (all named on back); Air Vice Marshal Bouchier inspecting NZ contigent at Anniversary Day parade accompanied by Major R Stanley-Harris; Air Vice Marshal Bouchier being greeted by Capt R Hannrod; Australian children with English teacher, Pat Wetz at Army School at Eta Jima; street scene at Kure. Commander-in-Chief of BCOF, Lt-Gen John Northcott inspecting guard of honour on his arrival at Hiroshima airfield to take over his command; Northcott with Brigadier W M Anderson, officer in charge of administration; arrival of advance party of NZ Brigade on the `Cheshire' shortly after disembarkation; men of the British-Indian Division who arrived on the `Cheshire'; Kawana Hotel; horse-riding in grounds of the hotel; general view of the ANZAC Day parade. New Zealand fire-fighters at Eta Jima (Cpl P N Kilpatrick, Cpl H J Morrison, Pte P Davies, D Burnett, R L Owens & Trooper D Norton); mail room; first baby born at BCOF, Muriel Ann Cameron Clarke; series of photographs of BCOF troops marching through Tokyo at American Independence Day Parade; Union Jack Club, Tokyo; celebration of feast of Corpus Christi at a monastery near Hiroshima; sightseeing at Miya Jima at cherry blosom time and at Beppu; transmitting tower at studios of Radio WLKS; Lance-Coporal R Duncan playing in BCOF tennis championships at Eta Jima, Headquarters of BCOF in Japan; Japanese policeman taking the oath before giving evidence at Kure Provost Court; instruction of fire-fighting crew; sheep being unloaded from `River Clarence' from Australia; holiday makers in the snow at Lakeside Hotel, Lake Chuzengi, near Nikko; Air Vice Destroyers of the former Japanese Imperial Navy moored in Kure waiting to be turned in scrap metal; series of breadmaking photos; 1st Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry cocktail party at new BCOF hotel in Maranouchi, Tokyo; Hon Mr F Jones at the official opening of the Maranouchi Hotel run by the Australian Canteens Services; couples dancing; group photo entitled `Christmas in Japan'; ceremonial parade at Iwakuni (14 RNZAF Squadron); RAF Dakota at Iwakuni with blankets and medical supplies for earthquake victims at Shikoku; rescue work; F/Lt E W Perry, Deputy Returning Officer, answering LAC M K Gemmel's queries; aerial target practice on beach at Onasabishima, an island in the Inland Sea; Corsairs of 14 RNZAF in a dive attack. Quantity: 196 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1945-1948

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-122

Description: Multiple copies of official photographs; all contain captions. Several photos of men from Headquarters relaxing at the beach at Yoshimi near Chofu (includes Lt A Rowe, Major R C Hollis, Capt R B G Chadwick, Capt I F Brown, Lt D H Yeoman, Major T J W Mallasch, Capt A N Rutledge, 2 Lt A Howell); church service at the church of St Francis Xavier, Chofu conducted by Rev W W Ainsworth, assisted by Chaplain A A G Welsh; Japanese priest Father Nakayama Suketo and members of the Japanese choir; view of Mt Fuji; relaxing on the beach at Ayaragi (Sgt J L Brown, Staff Sgt L M Holland, Miss M G Thompson, Miss P Hunt, WOI V J I Vaney, Miss P G Gilmore); Japanese market stalls at Hiroshima; group of nurses, VADs and WAACs wlecomed aboard the `Dunera' by Matron C McDonald; HMS Cossack tied up alongside `Dunera' at Kure; NZ team march past at BCOF Athletic Meeting lead by Capt R Stanley-Harris; soldiers examining their first pay in occupation currency; `Dunera' arriving at Kure; WAACs reading their first mail after arriving in Japan on the `Dunera' (P Cronin, R Rattenbury, P Gilmore, G Herdman & A C Lynch); A A Ashton with his wife and daughter; engaged couple - Lt J F Pope & Miss Lois Ivory; WAACs J Alister & M Cooney; band playing at Hiroshima station; Nagasaki two years after the atomic bomb dropped showing remains of Nagasaki Medical University; records being packed for return to NZ (Sgt B J Richards & Sgt D B Redmond); British Military Provost Court at Yamaguchi being heard before Major R C Hollis, the President (includes WO2 A Hassall, Pte E I Kitching); second relief draft of J-Force arriving at Kure on the `Dunera'; General H G D Crerar visiting Pte H C Lethborg in 6th NZ Gen Hospital at Kiwa; Bren carrier patrol on Chofu-Yamaguchi road checking for black market goods; men of the 3rd Battalion, NZ Regiment relaxing in the pool at Freyberg Park, Yamaguchi; International Military Tribunal held at Tokyo; soldiers returning to NZ on the `Dunera'; General Crerar inspecting Maori Guard of Honour from 2nd Battalion with Capt C Taite at Ozuki; social function to welcome WAACs, VADS and nurses held at the Officers' Club, Shimonoseki; members of 3rd Battalion, NZ Regiment on guard duty, Chofu. Japanese children watching the guards changing at 2NZEF Headquarters, Chofu; Band pratice lead by drum-major Bandsman L A Doar; relaxing at the Kawatana (Kawana?) Hotel - Bandsman S D Middleton, Sgt C A Pomeroy; Bandsman L A Doar, Pte S E Milnes, Bandsman V J Edwardson, Bandsman T Sutherland & Bandsman S J Ellison, S J Brown, G Milnes, J Mathias; group photo of NZ Signal Corps with Japanese hostesses at Kawatana Hotel near Chofu; Lt Bruhns giving instruction in the cleaning of rifle bolts to men of 3rd Battalion; Major R B Reed giving instruction to recently arrived draft of J-Force (Cpl Taylor, Sgt Wells, Pte Richard, Lt Hunter, L/Cpl Wilson & Sgt Harding); Japanese women altering clothes for newly arrived 2NZEF troops; men of 19 NZASC aquaplaning; General Crerar taking tea with nurses of 6th NZ General Hospital (Sister Carol Dean, Miss C McDonald & Brigadier Crump); fighting the fire at Kobe Steel Co Works; Brigadier S H Crump presenting trophy to Sgt E B Ashton at 2NZEF (Japan) Athletic Meeting held at Springfield Stadium, Ube; Miss N I Tisch, Miss M Fox & Miss V Jackman competing in 75 yards dash; Pte L W S Dickison winning the 880 yards; Lt K W Langdon, Capt J S Manning & Capt Stanley-Morris competing in 120 yards hurdles; Sapper L O Sillich competing in the broad jump; Gen Crerar visiting Sapper J Nicholls at the surgical division of 6th NZ Gen Hospital; Gen Crerar speaking with Lance Cpl L A Doar; Gen Crerar's arrival at Ozuki meeting Lt-Col J A Worsnop, Lt-Col G McCaskill; Brig S H Crump; Pte S D Cairney, Sgt J R Johnston & Cpl A R Gunn of 27th NZ Battalion reading the British Commonwealth Occupation News and Jayforce Times; dance held at OR's Beer Bar at Headquarters; L H Martin, Station Manager of AKAA, the NZ radio station in Japan, interviewing two English WVS girls. Quantity: 278 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1945-1948

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-123

Description: Multiple copies of many of the official photographs; all contain captions. Images include: Sightseeing trip to Kamakura to see the Daibutsu or Great Buddha (Lt R Chapman-Taylor, L/Cpl A Fyfe & Pte F J Coy), and 11-faced image of Hase Kannon; Pte A E Julian surveying fire damage to 22nd NZ Battalion's camp at Senzaki; Pte R F Rutherford amongst the wreckage of the cook-house; soldiers being vaccinated before return to NZ (L/Cpl J M Hoyes, Pte J McKevie, Cpl C E A Jermone); ANZAC Day commemorations at Chofu Headquarters showing 19 NZASC Coy, 22nd NZ Battalion, and Brigade Headquarters staff (Padre H G Taylor reading the address, behind him are Brig L Potter, Major H W Barnett, Major B A Andrews & Capt Rev R F Kenward); opening of 22nd General Synod of the Episcopal Church of Japan at Nara (Rev Archbishop West-Watson, H R Cross & Lt-Col Harrington); scene during the Holy Communion service which preceded the opening of the Synod (Rev W T Williams, Bishop Sugai and Archbishop West-Watson); A company from 27th NZ Battalion headed by 2NZEF brass band (Japan) marching through Tokyo to take over from 2 NZ Divisional Cavalry in the plaza of the Imperial Palace; special cash vouchers; Members of NZ Concert Party on stage at YMCA Hall, Mizuba (Will Yates and soprano Joyce Izett). Views of Kawana Hotel, the leave centre for (BCOF) British Commonwealth Occupation Force, showing the hotel and soldiers enjoying the facilities - Pte R Telford and Pte W McLauchlan enjoying a traditional Japanese meal; view of the swimming pool; horse-riding (Pte W McLauchlan, R E Telford, A L Athan, R Knight, M Wright, Lt H Bleasdale); playing golf (Lt H Bleasdale, Pte R E Telford, S/Sgt G B Dean, Cpl R Pearce, Sgt J A Duxfield & Cpl J W Williams); Lt Harry Bleasdale taking a bath in an `ofuro'. Trooper K E March taking a photo of the Nippon Geikjo, the largest theatre in Japan, from the roof of the Union Jack Club (new BCOF club), Tokyo; Chief of the General Staff, Major-General N W McD Weir chatting informally with his nephew Cpl I M Weir, a member of 27th Battalion stationed at Yamaguchi. Several images taken during visit of Hon F Jones, Minister of Defence, to Japan - Visit to BCOF holiday resort at Beppu (Major B A Andrews, Capt M Pirrittm, Mr Robertson, Major-General McD Weir, Brig L Potter, Lt M R Kennedy and Minister watching a crocodile); trying the flavour of one of the mineral pools at Beppu; chatting with B D Hunter, a patient in 6th NZ General Hospital at Kiwa (includes Trooper T Watson, Major D McGavin & Sister M S Lochore); viewing the Ozuki building project (Lt-Col G M McCaskill, Mr J A Robertson (private secretary), Major T G Emery, Major-Gen Weir, & Brig L Potter); visit to 100 foot Buddha; talking to members of 22nd battalion fire-fighting unit at Chofu; inspecting Guard of Honour from 5 NZ Engineer Works Company, Yamaguchi (Lt E M von Keisenberg & Major E A Flymm); visiting nurses at 6th NZ General hospital at Kiwa; talking with members of 5th NZ Engineers Works Company and other units stationed at Yamaguchi; meeting the Commanding Officer of 22nd NZ Battalion, Lt-Col G M McCaskill (Major B A Andrews in background); shown around barracks area at Yamaguchi by CO of 27th NZ Battalion Lt-Col W F Titchener; chatting with Cpl G M Stephenson of 27th NZ Battalion. Acting Commander-in-Chief, Air Vice Marshal F M Bladin presenting Duntroon Cup to Lt R Wright, captain of the NZ team that won the annual rugby competition between BCOF teams. Images taken during and after the rugby competition for the Freyberg Cup held at Freyberg Park, Yamaguchi between 27th Battalion & Divisional Cavalry Regiment. Shows Hon F Jones presenting cup to Lt J M Potts (includes Lt-Col Titchener, Brig L Potter & Lt-Col J A Worsnop); Hon J Jones being introduced to members of both teams; Trooper T H Rhodes, Capt C Taite and Lt R Wright taking time off for refreshments; supporters from both sides watching from the side-lines; Lt-Col W F Titchener & Lt-Col J A Worsnop watching their teams play. Pte J F Walles records his vote at 27th Battalion's coastal station at Hagi; officers of NZ Brigade at Iwakuni enroute to Kure for transport home to NZ; group photo of NZ Brigade Brass Band (all named on back); Brigadier L Potter congratulating the bride and groom after the first NZ wedding in B.C.O.F Japan (Capt W L Dillon & Sister Eve Rolston); map showing where NZ troops will be stationed in Japan (caption reads "shows island of Eta-jima in Hiroshima Bay where it is expected the NZ Brigade of BCOF will be stationed"). Quantity: 208 b&w original photographic print(s).