Australian BCOF Shoulder Title

[Ironside410]

Hello All,

I was recently given some photos of my recently deceased uncle who served in the Australian Contingent of the BCOF in Japan.

The attached photo shows him and some mates with cloth Australia titles above the BCOF patch, I can't say I have ever seen this type of cloth title on battle dress before. A later photo of the same group shows them wearing their normal Corps cloth shoulder titles.

Was the "Australia" just used during the initial period of occupation?

Regards

Dennis