RAVENSHOE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-06-19. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH ...

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Accession Number 066959
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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RAVENSHOE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-06-19. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE., KCB., CMG., DSO., ED., (6) AND HIS STAFF WATCHING A DISPLAY OF THE 2 POUNDER TANK ATTACK PLATOON, 2/23RD INFANTRY BATTALION DURING HIS TOUR OF INSPECTION OF ARMY UNITS IN THE ATHERTON AREA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX7 MAJOR-GENERAL G.F. WOOTTEN, CBE., DSO., COMMANDING 9TH DIVISION (2); SX10310 LIEUTENANT COLONEL F.A.G. TUCKER, COMMANDING 2/23RD INFANTRY BATTALION (3); VX5062 CAPTAIN R.F.H. ROW (5); VX48791 MAJOR E.H. MCRAE (7); VX39988 LIEUTENANT A.E. HEAD (8); NX70918 MAJOR D.H. DWYER, PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF (9).