LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-07-22. MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, DSO, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number 074826
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-07-22. MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, DSO, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (1) INSPECTING NATIVE CHIEFS AND DOCTORS DURING HIS VISIT TO THE AREA TO PRESENT A MEDAL TO GARTER, A NATIVE DOCTOR WHO RESCUED AN ALLIED AIRMAN SHOT DOWN BY THE ENEMY.