GOODVIEW, NEW GUINEA, 1943-08-10. THE GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 3RD AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, ...

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Accession Number 055638
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Buchanan, Robert John
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

GOODVIEW, NEW GUINEA, 1943-08-10. THE GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 3RD AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, OBSERVING JAPANESE POSITIONS IN THE KOMIATUM AREA FROM A "D" COMPANY FORWARD OBSERVATION POST. LEFT TO RIGHT:- VX12728 SERGEANT J. W. HEDDERMAN DCM MM, 2/6TH BATTALION; VX3829 CAPTAIN H. L. LAVER, OFFICER COMMANDING "D" COMPANY, 2/6TH BATTALION; VX166 LIEUTENANT COLONEL F. G. WOOD DSO; SX2889 BRIGADIER M. J. MOTEN CBE DSO ED, COMMANDING 17TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE; VX13 MAJOR GENERAL S. G. SAVIGE CB CBE DSO MC ED, GENERAL OFFICER, COMMANDING, 3RD AUSTRALIAN DIVISION.