MOROTAI. 1945-04-25. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE J. MORSHEAD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 1 ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island
Accession Number 090739
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MOROTAI. 1945-04-25. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE J. MORSHEAD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 1 CORPS (1), WITH GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (2), DURING A VISIT FOR LUNCH WHILE INSPECTING HEADQUARTERS 1 CORPS TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT. THEY STAND UNDER THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S SEA GOING FLAG WHICH WAS USED ON THIS OCCASION FOR THE FIRST TIME.