Lieutenant General Sir Leslie J. Morshead, KCB., KBE., CMG., DSO., General Officer Commanding New ...

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Accession Number 070424
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Eastman, David Tennant Gaery
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby, Pom Pom Valley
Date made 16 February 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Lieutenant General Sir Leslie J. Morshead, KCB., KBE., CMG., DSO., General Officer Commanding New Guinea Force, takes the salute from the dais at the farewell march past of the 21st Infantry Brigade at Pom Pom Valley, Port Moresby. Other identified personnel are: NX148 Brigadier Ivan Noel Dougherty, DSO., Commanding 21st Infantry Battalion (at left) and QX6311 Captain Frank Keith Thomas, Aide-de-Camp to General Morshead.