| Places | |
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| Accession Number | 050279 |
| 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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ON BOARD HMT NIEUW AMSTERDAM, AT SEA. 1943-02. RETURN OF 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AND HEADQUARTERS ...
Description
ON BOARD HMT NIEUW AMSTERDAM, AT SEA. 1943-02. RETURN OF 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AND HEADQUARTERS A.I.F.(M.E.) TO AUSTRALIA FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. AS THE SHIP NEARED FREMANTLE LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE DIVISION, PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF MERIT FOR CONDUCT IN THE BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN, AND IN DOING SO REMARKED THAT THE MEN HAD WON THEM AMIDST VERY HARD COMPETITION AND THAT, IN LESSER COMPANY, THEIR GALLANTRY WOULD HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING.