The parade of the 9th Australian division at Gaza airport during the inspection by the Commander ...

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Accession Number 135862
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown
Place made British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine, Gaza
Date made 22 December 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The parade of the 9th Australian division at Gaza airport during the inspection by the Commander in Chief, Middle East, General Sir Harold Alexander. After the inspection General Alexander addressed the troops, recalling the 9th Divisions great deeds during the battle of El Alamein. The 9th Division wore its new divisional colour patch in the shape of a T - standing for Tobruk - for the first time during this parade. Identified is SX13726 Private Len Turner, 2/28 Battalion (foreground).