MELBOURNE, VIC 1945-11-30. AN INVESTITURE CEREMONY WAS HELD AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE WHERE SERVICE ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number 121944
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

MELBOURNE, VIC 1945-11-30. AN INVESTITURE CEREMONY WAS HELD AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE WHERE SERVICE PERSONNEL RECEIVED AWARDS FROM THE GOVERNOR GENERAL, THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER. MRS VASEY, WIDOW OF THE LATE GENERAL VASEY, AND SON ROBERT TALK WITH THE DUKE AND DUCHESS IN THE GROUNDS AFTER THE INVESTITURE CEREMONY. MRS VASEY RECEIVED THE CB (MILITARY), CBE AND BAR TO THE DSO AWARDED TO HER HUSBAND. (PHOTOGRAPHER CPL NESTOR)