DILI, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-09-24. A SMALL PARTY OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS UNDER VX89 BRIGADIER L. G. ...

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Accession Number 119618
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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DILI, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-09-24. A SMALL PARTY OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS UNDER VX89 BRIGADIER L. G. H. DYKE DSO, COMMANDER OF TIMOR FORCE, LANDED IN DILI AND WERE MADE WELCOME BY THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNOR, SENHOR MANUEL FERREIRA DE CARVALHO. AT THE FORMAL CEREMONY HELD IN DILI NATIVE TIMORESE ASSEMBLE BEHIND THE PORTUGUESE FLAG. (PHOTOGRAPHER SERGEANT K. B. DAVIS)