WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-21. GENERAL SIR HAROLD ALEXANDER, RECENTLY APPOINTED ...

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Accession Number 024866
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-21. GENERAL SIR HAROLD ALEXANDER, RECENTLY APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, (MIDDLE EAST) PAID A VISIT TO HEADQUARTERS, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AND AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN THE EL ALAMEIN BATTLE AREA. HERE, GENERAL ALEXANDER IS SEEN WITH LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD, GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING AIF (MIDDLE EAST), ON ARRIVAL AT DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS.