LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-05. SENIOR AUSTRALIAN ARMY OFFICERS ATTENDING THE SOLEMN REQUIEM MASS AT ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number 076695
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-05. SENIOR AUSTRALIAN ARMY OFFICERS ATTENDING THE SOLEMN REQUIEM MASS AT THE LAE WAR CEMETERY CELEBRATED BY THE ASSISTANT CHAPLAIN GENERAL (ROMAN CATHOLIC), HEADQUARTERS, 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMY. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: NX35000 LIEUTENANT-GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, CB, CBE, DSO, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMY (1); NX34705 BRIGADIER P.S. MCGRATH, OBE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF STORES AND TRANSPORT, 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMY (2); VX289 BRIGADIER R. BIERWIRTH, OBE, DEPUTY ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMY (3).