MR NELSON T. JOHNSON, UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO AUSTRALIA SOON AFTER HIS ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra
Accession Number 009545
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Canberra
Date made 11 September 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

MR NELSON T. JOHNSON, UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO AUSTRALIA SOON AFTER HIS ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA HANDED HIS LETTERS OF CREDENCE TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA, LORD GOWRIE, VC, AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. MR JOHNSON IS SHOWN READING A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. FLANKING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL ARE THE HONOURABLE A.W. FADDEN (ON THE LEFT), SIR FREDERICK STEWART AND CAPTAIN L.S. BRACEGIRDLE.