CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1943-01-26. A CEREMONIAL PARADE WAS HELD ON SELARANG BARRACK SQUARE, CHANGI, ...

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Accession Number 043917
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Singapore: Changi, Selarang Barracks
Date made 26 January 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1943-01-26. A CEREMONIAL PARADE WAS HELD ON SELARANG BARRACK SQUARE, CHANGI, TO CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA DAY, 1943. MEMBERS OF 27 INFANTRY BRIGADE PARADED UNDER THE COMMAND OF LT-COL C.H. KAPPE. THE SALUTE WAS TAKEN BY LT-COL F.G. GALLEGHAN, COMMANDER AIF POWs, WHO ORGANISED THE PARADE. SHOWN ABOVE, MEMBERS OF 2/30 INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING TO FLANK TO MARCH PAST AND MEMBERS OF 2/29 INFANTRY BATTALION MARCHING PAST. SEE ALSO 043916, 043921 AND 045103.