BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-06-08. DURING A TOUR OF 2 CORPS AREA GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, ...

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Accession Number 092927
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-06-08. DURING A TOUR OF 2 CORPS AREA GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, VISITED GLOUCESTER PARK, TOROKINA. HERE HE IS SHOWN TAKING THE SALUTE FROM LIEUTENANT COLONEL G.R. MATTHEWS, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDER, 7 INFANTRY BRIGADE (3). IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- LIEUTENANT COLONEL D. DWYER (1); GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY (2).