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Item title: A British soldier and a Japanese woman committed double suicide
Title (romaji): Hikiagenakatta eiheishi nihon josei to shinjû hakaru
Title (kanji)
Location:Kure Municipal History Office
AJRP details
AJRP module: Kure Municipal History Office
AJRP series: BCOF related newspaper articles
AJRP sub-series: Chûgoku Newspaper
AJRP folder:
Location details
Institution: Kure Municipal History Office
Call number: n/a
Inst. series: Kure shishi hensanshitsu zô senryôgun kanren shinbun kiji
Inst. sub-series: Chûgoku Shinbun
Item:
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 1 page
Access: Open
Item type: Published
Category: Newspaper article
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): 31/3/1956
Conflict code: Japan (1945-1957), Korean War (1950-1953)
Keywords:NEWSPAPERS, BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE, BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FORCES IN KOREA, OCCUPATION, SUICIDE, WOMEN
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names: BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FORCES IN KOREA
Japanese unit names:
Names:
Languages: Japanese
Area:Kure [Japan–Formosa, Honshû, Hiroshima Prefecture]
Content: This item is a newspaper article from the Chûgoku Newspaper, a local newspaper circulated in Hiroshima and neighbouring prefectures. It reported that a former BCOF servicemen and a Japanese woman committed double suicide. He obviously did return to Britain together with his fellow servicemen.
Other information
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Last modified:08/26/2005 12:11:39 PM
Source:Professor CHIDA Takeshi, AJRP staff



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