GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY INSPECTS UNITS OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE AT THEIR ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number 012603
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Cranstone, Edward Lefevre (Ted)
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 16 June 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY INSPECTS UNITS OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS. WITH HIM IS MAJOR KATHLEEN DEASEY, COMMANDANT OF THE VICTORIAN AREA. MAJOR DEASEY IS A WELL-KNOWN EDUCATIONIST, A GRADUATE OF BOTH MELBOURNE AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITIES. SHE HAS THREE BROTHERS SERVING IN THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY. (NEGATIVE BY CRANSTONE).