WANIGELA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY GBE KCB CMG DSO ED, COMMANDING ALLIED ...

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Accession Number 027405
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Fisher, Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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WANIGELA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY GBE KCB CMG DSO ED, COMMANDING ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, INSPECTING A NATIVE CANOE WHICH WAS SUGGESTED AS A POSSIBLE LANDING CRAFT. NEXT TO GENERAL BLAMEY IS BRIGADIER-GENERAL J. HANFORD MACNIDER, 32ND U.S. DIVISION AND EXTREME RIGHT IS LIEUTENANT COLONEL J.G. DOBBS, OFFICER COMMANDING 2/10TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION.