| Item title: | A British soldier and a Japanese woman committed double suicide |
| Title (romaji): | Hikiagenakatta eiheishi nihon josei to shinjû hakaru |
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| Location: | Kure Municipal History Office |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Kure Municipal History Office |
| AJRP series: | BCOF related newspaper articles |
| AJRP sub-series: | Chûgoku Newspaper |
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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 |
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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 |
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| Allied unit names: | BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FORCES IN KOREA |
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| 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. |
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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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