J Force
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J Force was the name given to the New Zealand forces that were allocated to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) which occupied Japan following the end of the Second World War. The force was deployed between 1946 and 1948, after which it was disbanded and its personnel repatriated to New Zealand.
Lieutenant General John Northcott, commander-in-chief of the BCOF, inspects an honour guard of New Zealand troops in Japan, April 1946
British Commonwealth Occupation Force
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The British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) was the British Commonwealth taskforce consisting of Australian, British, Indian and New Zealand military forces in occupied Japan, from 1946 until the end of occupation in 1952.
Commander Yuzo Tanno hands over the keys of the Yokosuka Naval Base to Captain H. J. Buchanan, Royal Australian Navy on 30 August 1945.
General Robert L. Eichelberger inspects Australian Guard of Honour at Kure.
Major General David Cowan, General Officer Commanding BRINDIV, inspects Indian troops at Kure, 30 March 1946.
2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles marches through Kure, May 1946.