“B.C.O.F. troops drawn up on the wharf before boarding the troopship “Manoora” for Japan. They were mostly new recruits, but here and there were men wearing the ribbons of famous A.I.F. campaigns. ”
News clipping courtesy of Merv Kay.
Left: Merv Kay and his boxing mate Ted Harper in Kure, Japan, circa 1946. Right: Ted Harper with an army jeep.