KUMBARUM, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-14. MAJOR GENERAL LETHBRIDGE, CBE, MC, AND THE ARTY WHICH ...

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Accession Number 061255
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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KUMBARUM, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-14. MAJOR GENERAL LETHBRIDGE, CBE, MC, AND THE ARTY WHICH ACCOMPANIED HIM ON HIS TOUR OF INSPECTION OF FARIA VALLEY ENJOYING THEIR CUP OF TEA AFTER THEIR STRENUOUS TREK. SHOWN ARE: VX80932 LIEUTENANT W. RIGGALL, AIDE DE CAMPE TO GENERAL VASEY (1); COLONEL DURWAARE, LIAISON OFFICER REPRESENTING THE COMBINED CHIEF OF STAFF (2); MAJOR GENERAL J. S. LETHBRIDGE, CBE, MC, LEADER OF THE BRITISH MILITARY MISSION TO AUSTRALIA (3); VX9 MAJOR GENERAL G. A. VASEY, CB, CBE, DSO, GENERAL OFFICE COMMANDING 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION (4); NX3 BRIGADIER K. W. EATHER, CBE, DSO, ED, COMMANDING 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE (5); CAPTAIN T. PORTER, AIDE DE CAMP TO GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY (6); VX213 LIEUTENANT COLONEL W. T. ROBERTSON, MC, (7).