PUCKAPUNYAL, VIC. 1942-06-20. 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMOURED DIVISION HELD ITS FIRST PUBLIC REVIEW AND ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Puckapunyal
Accession Number 025446
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Sanders, William Charles
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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PUCKAPUNYAL, VIC. 1942-06-20. 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMOURED DIVISION HELD ITS FIRST PUBLIC REVIEW AND DISPLAY IN THE PRESENCE OF GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ALLIED LAND FORCES; HIS EXCELLENCY SIR WINSTON DUGAN, GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA, THE MINISTER FOR THE ARMY, MR FRANK FORDE, AND THE GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING THE DIVISION, MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON. HERE A DETACHMENT OF MOTORISED INFANTRY IN A RURAL SETTING REHEARSING FOR THE MARCH PAST. CAPES ARE WORN BY THE MEN IN VIEW OF THE WET WEATHER.