VX1 General Sir Thomas Blamey, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, (right) Commanding Allied Land Forces, South ...

Accession Number 030140/12
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Halmarick, Colin Thomas
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Date made 6 September 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

VX1 General Sir Thomas Blamey, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, (right) Commanding Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area, chatting to members of the 7th Australian Division before they are flown into the forward area. This was the first time a complete Australian infantry division had been entirely airborne. Pictured, left to right: QX3124 Private (Pte) G C Simmonds, DX21 Pte J Mackrill; NX32179 Corporal L J Cook; NX37382 Pte B Slade; DX116 Pte A W Stew, and NX58770 Pte E L B Hughes. All except Pte Hughes and General Blamey were killed in an aircraft accident the next day, 7 September 1943.