LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-23. NX8 LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED, ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number 072591
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-23. NX8 LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED, GOC SECOND AUSTRALIAN ARMY & GOC NEW GUINEA FORCE (1), ESCORTS THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT (2), THROUGH THE LAE WAR CEMETERY AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE DEDICATION CEREMONY. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX147870 CAPTAIN N.M. MELVILLE (3); MAJOR-GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, DSO, GOC AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (4); VX13 LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S.G. SAVIGE, CB, CBE, DSO, MC, ED, 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS (5).