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01-October-2022 (Russell Byers)
01-October-2022 (Russell Byers)

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The plaque, mounted on a concrete plinth, commemorates the 45000 service personnel who served in the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan from 1945 to 1952.

The British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) was the Bristish Commonwealth taskforce consisting of Australian, British, Indian and New Zealand military forces in occupied Japan, from 21 February 1946 until the end of occupation in 1952. 

Location

Address:Mann Street & Vaughan Avenue, Gosford Memorial Park, Gosford, 2250
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -33.431252
Long: 151.340601
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW2
Approx. Event Start Date:1945
Approx. Event End Date:1952

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Tuesday 11th March, 2008
Front Inscription

British Commonwealth Occupation Force (B.C.O.F.)
Australian component

In remembrance of 45,000 Australian service men and women who served in Japan 1945 - 52 and those who did not return.

Lest We Forget

Dedicated Tuesday 11 March 2008

Source: MA,NRWM
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