Military hospitals - New Zealand - 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-4161-01-122

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-4161-01-121

Description: Multiple copies of many of the official photographs; all contain captions. Images include: NZ Concert Party outside a theatre (Henry Rudolph, Sylvia Devenie, Joyce Izett, Margaret Richmond, Zita Outtrim, and Will Yates); fire at Kobe Steel Co works which damaged YMCA Bulk Store and other buildings at Brigade Headquarters; Brigadier L Potter; boats which brought illegal Korean immigrants to Shimonoseki; Cpl J A Jamieson, Sgt D Dalgleish & Pte J N Clarke examining a craft; Sgt S Ryan and Cpl J A Jamieson questioning the captain; first draft of homeward bound J-Force packing up (Pte A R Wallis, Pte Ron Laird, Cpl Jack Baird). 2NZEF band handing in their instruments prior to leaving Japan in 1945 (Pte Horrie Evans, Pte A R Wallis, Pte D Neilson, Pte M J Hamilton, R N Thorstensen, S/Sgt P E Copsey, 2 Lieut H H Router, A K Thompson, Cpl J Baird, Pte C P Fraser); band members H H Router & RC Gentry; l/Cpl R L Wooding & Pte S E Milnes packing up; Pte B T Sloan, Pte K E J Ward & Pte J A McConachie in A.E.S. library at 22 NZ Battalion; indoor basketball at Iwakuni Aerodrome; gift shop at Brigade Headquarters; farewell party in Headquarters Officer's Mess in honour of Major I R Diggle (2/Lieut C A Baynes, Capt P W F Joplin, Brig S G Crump, Lt Col G McCaskill, 2 Lieut L A Gatfield); at same party Capt J L Lawson, 2 Lieut W von Keisenberg, Major C O Neilson, Major B A Andrews, Capt W A Simpson, and 2 Lieut K L Sole; 2NZEF officers relaxing in the mess (Capt N L G Baker, Lt Col G M McCaskill, Major H W Barnett, Major T J W Mallasch, Major Diggle, Major B A Andrews, 2 Lt Gatfield and Capt I F Brown); group photo of men who will control Jayforce during 1947-48 - Major J A Dunn, Capt W A Simpson, Capt I J Hellyer, Major E C Mathews, Capt F R Bartley, Lt-Col J A Worsnop, Brig Crump, Lt-Col McCaskill, Major R C Hollis, Capt B G Chadwick, Capt P W F Joplin, Major R H Kerr, Major B A Andrews, and Major Diggle. M R Clarke, Pte E Donaldson & Pte R O'Reilly at gift shop in YMCA Recreation Centre, Chofu; Trooper H P Waitoa and Cpl H J Watson at YMCA Recreation Centre; Cpl J E Thomson and Driver C A Beaston playing billiards at Recreation Centre; L/Cpl W A Dell and Pte D L Price on leave in Chofu; Pte K D McFarlane sending a message by teleprinter; Japanese children playing in a Chofu street; Japanese mother and her two children; Chofu street scenes; officers and men of 22nd NZ Battalion at Ozuki; broadcaster and music library, AKAA radio station, Yamaguchi; Pte R Irvine & Pte J L Hartsone in record library; Cpl C C Buck in control room, Station AKAA (NZ radio station in Japan); Sgt L V Brown reading the NZ daily digest at AKAA; L H Martin (AKAA Station Manager) recording a description of planting rice (in a paddy field); L H Martin interviewing two English women (W.V.S); R G Grant, Pte M S Garrity & Sgt A Atkinson taking part in a display of infantry weapons at Ozuki airfield; Pte E A Olson using a Bren gun at Ozuki display; Cpl J R Thompson & W/OII Crisp with mortar at Ozuki display; Sgt C F Richardson & Sgt A A Atkinson with anti tank weapon; Wasp or Bren carrier with a flame thrower mounted on it being demonstrated by Lt S R McKeon; Mt Fuji taken from window of an aircraft; Corsairs of the 14th Fighter Squadron, RNZAF releasing rockets over the target during a fire-power demonstration over Onasamishima Island; Aircraftman Smaller, a member of the ground staff of 14th Fighter squadron RNZAF working on a Corsair aircraft at Iwakuni; cooking course at the kitchen of the 19th NZASC Company in Chofu; Sgt J C Brain & P M Lyons reading the sign in English at Iminomiya Shrine, Chofu; scenes from trial of Japanese wartime cabinet held at International Military Tribunal for Far East, Tokyo (includes Brig R H Quilliam, NZ Prosecutor, defendants and war judges); men under instruction at metal turning lathe at A.E.S Centre, 22 NZ Battalion (Pte M K Hunt, Cpl P N Kilpatrick, Pte C W Purcel, and instructor Lt R Chapman-Taylor). Group photo of members of YMCA staff attached to J-Force on occasion of a visit of NZ national secretary, R M Brasted (all named on back); Remembrance Day Parade held at Chofu, Oct 1947; Japanese women road workers; patients at 6th NZ General Hospital (Cpl A D Mackay, Pte W Aranga, Pte E J Thorburn); patients at 4th NZ Rest Home, Yamaguchi (Cpl Mackay, Pte Aranag, Pte Thorburn, Cpl Hori, Pte N E Freemantle, and Pte A H B Tullock); gift shop at Chofu; nurses of 6th NZ General Hospital, Kiwa (J A Horsley, P L Smith, B G Montgomery, A E Johnson, G Seymour, C J H Dean, J R Scott & Charge Sister E Hartnett); construction of new camp at Ozuki; members of 22nd Battalion taking Japanese children for a day out on their launch (includes Lt L G Dutton); formal dinner to welcome Brig S H Crump; Japanese gathering seaweed at Shimonoseki; group photo of Headquarters staff; visit of Lt-Gen H C H Robertson (Commander-in-Chief of BCOF) to the 6th NZ General Hospital (welcomed by Matron C McDonald); Lt-Gen Robertson talking with Matron, Sister J C Aitken and Sister B G Montgomery; meeting of Japanese contractors and NZ personnel involved in rebuilding 6NZGH (Lt R F Wilson, Capt J G Goodwin, Capt J A Hanam, Major Robertson, Col T H Pettit, Lt R F Wilson, and Major E A Flynn); Japanese women in a paddy field; Chofu street scenes; cricket match at Bofu; church service at Chofu conducted by Senior Chaplain Lt-Col H G Taylor; Hakata railway station and consignment of army rations on way to American troops (includes boxes of NZ butter); Major A F G McGregor (2/IC of 22nd NZ Battalion); American forces band playing `live' at American radio station at Kokura; Australian bomb disposal squad workers; men sunbathing at Yoshimi beach near Chofu. Quantity: 490 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).