MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-11-30. SENIOR ENGINEERS MESS, BATMAN AVENUE. FAREWELL DINNER GIVEN BY SENIOR ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number 119586
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Stuckey, Norman Bradford
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-11-30. SENIOR ENGINEERS MESS, BATMAN AVENUE. FAREWELL DINNER GIVEN BY SENIOR OFFICERS ON THE RETIREMENT OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY. AND WE'RE RACING! THE LADS ARE RIGHT INTO IT NOW AND BY THE LOOK ON OLD VERNON'S FACE HE'S HEARD IT ALL BEFORE. ENJOYING COCKTAILS BEFORE DINNER LEFT TO RIGHT, GENERAL BLAMEY LIEUTENANT GENERAL J. NORTHCOTT, CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL V. A. H. STURDEE. (PHOTOGRAPHER LIEUTENANT N. B. STUCKEY)