MELBOURNE, VICTORIA. 5 JULY 1945. VX46163 LIEUTENANT RONALD KEITH MONRO, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, AND ...

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Accession Number 110216
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MELBOURNE, VICTORIA. 5 JULY 1945. VX46163 LIEUTENANT RONALD KEITH MONRO, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, AND OFFICIAL WAR PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE MIDDLE EAST, DIED SUDDENLY AT HEIDELBERG MILITARY HOSPITAL AND WAS BURIED AT SPRINGVALE WAR CEMETERY. SHOWN, SCENE AT THE GRAVESIDE DURING THE PLAYING OF THE LAST POST. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- MAJOR E D O'ROUKE (1); CORPORAL F BLIGH (2); CHAPLAIN C L MOYES (3); PRIVATE E CHADWICK (4); VX72048 LIEUTENANT FRANK MCKECHNIE (5); VX13966 CAPTAIN IAN MCLEOD HUTCHISON (6).