Place | Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Perth |
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Accession Number | 052340 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Faithfull, Arthur John |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
PERTH, WA. 1943-06-10. AN IMPORTANT PART OF A COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S JOB IS THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE ...
Description
PERTH, WA. 1943-06-10. AN IMPORTANT PART OF A COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S JOB IS THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE ARMED FORCES. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY GBE KCB CMG DSO, COMMANDER ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES, HELD MANY INFORMAL PRESS CONFERENCES. GENERAL BLAMEY AT A CONFERENCE WITH WAR CORRESPONDENTS ON THE OCCASION OF HIS VISIT TO PERTH. PRESENT WERE, CORRESPONDENTS:-PETER BATTEN, HARRY POTTER, HORACE COLLINGWOOD AND CYRIL E. PHOENIX; STAFF:- MAJOR A. FERGUSON-STEWART AND LIEUTENANT K. MAY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC RELATIONS.