General Douglas MacArthur making an inspection of the training groups in the 9th Australian ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Atherton
Accession Number 053596
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Monro, Ronald Keith
Place made Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Atherton
Date made 5 July 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

General Douglas MacArthur making an inspection of the training groups in the 9th Australian Division area. Identified in the foreground from left to right are: VX25342 Corporal John Alexander Brennan, 2/23 Battalion; VX29675 Private (Pte) Leslie James Taylor, 2/23rd Battalion; VX47560 Pte Jack Ronald King, 2/23rd Battalion; VX48324 Pte William Booth, 2/23rd Battalion (killed in action 4 May 1945 at Tarakan, Borneo); unidentified USA service officer; NX7 Major General George Frederick Wootten, CBE, DSO and Bar; unidentified USA service officer; General MacArthur; and VX48254 Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Ernest Wall ED.