Clement N. Govett further papers relating to British Commonwealth Occupation Forces (BCOF), ca. 1942-1997

MLMSS 8755/Boxes 1-3
MLMSS 8755/Box 4X
GR 328

fonds

ca. 1942-1997

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs, Nonmusical Sound Recordings

402570

0.83 metres of textual material (3 boxes, 1 outsize box)

Clement N. Govett joined the army ca. 1940 and was assigned to the Supply and Transport Headquarters, Melbourne, Victoria and later served with a transport company. About 1942 he was moved to the Northern Territory. After World War II, Govett was assigned to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan. He served later in Korea during the Korean War and returned to Japan in January 1951. He retired from the army in October 1970

Post World War II, the Japanese government compiled a history of the Kure and Hiroshima area and sought information from former Allied soldiers and officials who served with the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces. Govett collected and supplied local maps, negatives and videos to editor Takeshi Chida of the Kure Municipal Office for publication in a book on the history of Kure, copies of negatives were compiled in an album.

Reference:
Compiled from the collection

This collection includes diaries and photographs collected during service with British Commonwealth Occupation Forces (BCOF) Australian contingent in occupied Japan:

BOX 1
Photograph album Japan ca. 1949, including Miyazaki Kyushu Island, Kagoshima, Aoshima, Sakurajima Island, Shikoku Island, Matsuyama, Sapporo, Amanohasidate, compiled ca. 1992-1998

Printed ephemera relation to travel and tourism in Japan, ca. 1950

Newscuttings, report and travel pamphlets relating to railway travel, steam trains and railway network in Australia, UK and Java, ca. 1980-1997

Printed books, periodicals and tourist publications relating to Japan and Hiroshima, ca. 1946-1995, including ‘Hiroshima’ by John Hersey with photograph of Dr Sasaki, Mrs Nakamura and Dr Fiuji at Hiroshima in 1949 by Clement N. Govett, a history of the British Occupation Force in Japan ‘Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown’ by Arthur W. John, ca. 1987-1988

BOX 2
Two printed books in Japanese, no date

Picture and sketch book ‘A Pictorial Study of the Kimono’ by Keiichi Takasawa, Japan Travel Bureau, 1948

Notes for a guide to Ryugado Cave given to Govett when visiting the caves on a BCOF Club Tour, ca. 1949

Diary ‘Journey to Japan’ of service in Japan with BCOF in two volumes with photographs, ca. 1942-1951, 1974

Pocket travel diary, 1948

BOX 3
Album in two parts with photographs and correspondence relating to ‘Operation Hokky: A journey through Hokkaido Japan’, May 1950

Album of photographs and correspondence compiled ca. 1994, relating to postwar history of Kure and Hiroshima in Japan, ca. 1945

Letter from Hiroshima Municipal Archives, 1995

Printed books relating to the history of Kure, including ‘Kure Naval Yards: Air-raids and rebuilding the City’ presented as a gift from Mayor of Kure Municipal Government, Shinya Ogasawara, May 1997 and ‘History of Kure’ and ‘History of Kure 2: Kure seen by BCOF Troops’

Printed travel pamphlets on Hangzhou (China), Hiroshima (Japan) and Kure City and Busan (Pusan) in Korea, no date, and chirstmas card from Hajime Kikuraku thanking for permitting reproduction of film

Printed map of Japan ca. 1945 showing travel routes undertaken by Govett during time in Japan, ca. 1947-1952

BOX 4X
Badge design for British Commonwealth Occupation Force Japan (BCOF) Tourist Club, ca. 1949

GR 328
Gramophone records, ‘Whistles in the Hills: Sounds of Puffing Billy’, ‘Hi Rail Pichi Richi Pass Commonwealth Railways’, ‘A Journey thru the Blue Dandenongs with Puffing Billy’, ca. 1964

English, Japanese

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This consignment is an ADD-ON to MLMSS 2515 (CY 775, fr.84-151: 'Along the Track - The Stuart Highway, N.T.'- MLMSS 2515/1).