5th_Gurkha_Rifles,_Japan_1946.jpg

Description

THE ALLIED OCCUPATION OF JAPAN. The 2/5th Royal Gurkha Rifles marching through Kure soon after their arrival in Japan as part of the Allied forces of occupation. FURTHER INFORMATION: In May 1946 the troopship ORDUNA brought 1700 men of the Mahratta Light Infantry and 2/5th Royal Gurkha Rifles to Kure in Japan.

Date

May 1946

Source

This photograph IND 5209 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-38)

Author

No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit

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