MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, 1942. THE ARRIVAL OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, AND THE LORD MAYOR OF ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, St Kilda Road, Shrine of Remembrance
Accession Number P00243.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, 1942. THE ARRIVAL OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, AND THE LORD MAYOR OF MELBOURNE, AT A WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY AT THE SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE, MELBOURNE, IN 1942-03. THE CEREMONY TOOK PLACE A FEW DAYS AFTER GENERAL MACARTHUR ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA TO ASSUME SUPREME COMMAND OF AL L ALLIED FORCES IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, AND WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY. (DONOR: R.P. NICHOLAS).