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Commonwealth patches
Appreciate any comments on these 2 patches
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There have been a few threads on the forum about these patch's quite recently
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On the left,the patch of the "British Commonwealth Occupation Force" he name of the joint Australian, British, Indian and New Zealand military forces in occupied Japan, from 21 February 1946 until the end of occupation in 1952. At its peak, BCOF comprised about 40,000 personnel.
For most of the occupation period Australia contributed the majority of the BCOF's personnel. The initial BCOF presence included the Australian 34th Brigade, the 9th Brigade, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (J Force), and BRINDIV, a British/Indian division of two brigade groups, the British 5th Infantry Brigade Group (from 2nd Infantry Division in India), and the 268th Indian Infantry Brigade.
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Thanks both for input
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Incidentally BCOF's 5th Inf Bde was renumbered 25th Inf Bde and its sign changed to incorporate the crossed keys inherited from 2 Inf Div within a Japanese Tori arch to mark its presence in Japan. |
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