PUCKAPUNYAL, AUSTRALIA. 1942-06-20 TO 1942-06-21. REVIEW OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMOURED DIVISION ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Puckapunyal
Accession Number 025456
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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PUCKAPUNYAL, AUSTRALIA. 1942-06-20 TO 1942-06-21. REVIEW OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMOURED DIVISION BY GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ALLIED LAND FORCES. SO MUCH GROUND HAD TO BE COVERED TO INSPECT ALL THE TROOPS THAT GENERAL BLAMEY WAS DRIVEN ON HIS TOUR OF INSPECTION IN AN ARMOURED SCOUT CAR. STANDING WITH HIM IN THE CAR IS THE GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING THE DIVISION, MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, (RIGHT).