TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-24. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND ...

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Accession Number 090024
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-24. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (1), MEETS UNIT COMMANDERS AT HEADQUARTERS 29 INFANTRY BRIGADE DURING HIS TOUR OF THE AREA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H.H. MCDONALD (2); LIEUTENANT-COLONEL J. BYRNE, COMMANDING OFFICER, 42 INFANTRY BATTALION (3); LIEUTENANT-COLONEL C.J.A. COOMBES, COMMANDING OFFICER, 47 INFANTRY BATTALION (5); LIEUTENANT-COLONEL S.D. MEARES, COMMANDING OFFICER, 7 FIELD AMBULANCE (6).