HOWARD SPRINGS, NT. 1944-08-21. THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Howard Springs
Accession Number 068650
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

HOWARD SPRINGS, NT. 1944-08-21. THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, (4) AND HIS PARTY INSPECTING THE SPRINGS DURING THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF'S TOUR OF INSPECTION OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY FORCE UNITS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: VX112127 CAPTAIN F. GILBURY, AIDE-DE-CAMP TO GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, NORTHERN TERRITORY FORCE (1); NX2 MAJOR GENERAL A.S. ALLEN, CB, CBE, DSO, VD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING NORTHERN TERRITORY FORCE (3); NX384 COLONEL O.G. MEYER, CHIEF ENGINEER, NORTHERN TERRITORY FORCE (5); VX89075 MAJOR GENERAL J.H. CANNAN, CB, CMG, DSO, VD, QUARTERMASTER GENERAL (6).