SOUTHPORT, QLD. 1944-01-13. THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY REPRESENTATIVE IN LONDON, VX133279 ...

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Accession Number 063056
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Keam, Ronald Noel
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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SOUTHPORT, QLD. 1944-01-13. THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY REPRESENTATIVE IN LONDON, VX133279 LIEUTENANT-GENERAL E. K. SMART, DSO., MC., (2) INSPECTING THE GAMBUSIA FISH IN A BREEDING POOL AT THE 4TH ARMOURED BRIGADE HYGEINE SCHOOL. THESE FISH WILL LATER BE RELEASED IN CREEKS AND WATERHOLES TO DESTROY THE MALARIAL MOSQUITO LARVAE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: NX135 BRIGADIER D. MACARTHUR-ONSLOW, DSO., COMMANDING, 4TH ARMOURED BRIGADE (1); NP9852 COLONEL J. E. LEE, DSO., MC., H.Q. VICTORIAN LINES OF COMMUNICATION AREA (3); NX238 LIEUTENANT COLONEL A. F. JANES, COMMANDING OFFICER, 106TH LIGHT FIELD AMBULANCE (4); SX11633 MAJOR J. B. LATHLEAN, 2/9TH ARMOURED REGIMENT (5); NX12305 LIEUTENANT COLONEL R. W. G. OGLE, DSO., ED., GSO 1, L.H.Q. (6); CAPTAIN CLARKE, AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY REPRESENTATIVE IN LONDON (7).