MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-11-18. THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA, HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number 139994
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Herald Newspaper
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-11-18. THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA, HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD GOWRIE, VC GCMG CB DSO, TAKES THE SALUTE FROM MEMBERS OF THE 17TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE DURING THE UNIT MARCH THROUGH THE CITY. SHOWN: LORD GOWRIE (1); MAJOR GENERAL SIR WINSTON DUGAN, KCMG CB DSO, GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA (2); FRANK M. FORDE, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR THE ARMY (3); A. A. DUNSTAN, PREMIER OF VICTORIA, TREASURER AND MINISTER FOR DECENTRALISATION (4); COUNCILLOR T. S. NETTLEFOLD, OBE, LORD MAYOR OF MELBOURNE (5); VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE KCB CMG DSO ED, COMMANDER, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (6); VX2 MAJOR GENERAL S. R. BURSTON, CB CBE DSO K.ST.J. VD, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF MEDICAL SERVICES, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES (7); 26134 SQUADRON LEADER S. J. MOIR, RAAF, AIDE-DE-CAMP TO LORD GOWRIE (8).