MOUNT GARNET, QLD, 1943-07-17. A 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION PARADE AND MARCH PAST WAS HELD ON THE ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Mount Garnet
Accession Number 054374
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Stuckey, Norman Bradford
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MOUNT GARNET, QLD, 1943-07-17. A 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION PARADE AND MARCH PAST WAS HELD ON THE MOUNT GARNET RACECOURSE. THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY GBE KCB CMG DSO, INSPECTED THE TROOPS AND TOOK THE SALUTE. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS, NX8 LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD KCB KBE CMG DSO ED, AND VX9 MAJOR GENERAL G. A. VASEY CB OBE DSO AND BAR, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS MAJOR GENERAL G. A. VASEY AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY.