MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-08-24. A SPECIAL PARADE OF SERVICE PERSONNEL WAS HELD TO CELEBRATE VICTORY ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number 113324
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-08-24. A SPECIAL PARADE OF SERVICE PERSONNEL WAS HELD TO CELEBRATE VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC. THE SALUTE WAS TAKEN AT THE TOWN HALL BY THE STATE GOVERNOR, SIR WINSTON DUGAN. SHOWN, AUSTRALIAN ARMY PERSONNEL APPROACHING THE SALUTING BASE.