MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-21. THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN ...

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Accession Number 072501
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-21. THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT (4), WITH THE OFFICIAL PARTY INSPECTING THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY SLIPWAY AT HEADQUARTERS MILNE BAY BASE SUB-AREA . IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- VX85041 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL J.R. WOLFENDEN, OFFICER COMMANDING HEADQUARTERS MILNE BAY BASE SUB-AREA (1); COMMANDER BOWEN, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, NAVAL OFFICER- IN- CHARGE, HEADQUARTERS MILNE BAY BASE SUB-AREA (2); WX40 BRIGADIER D.M. CLELAND, MBE, DEPUTY ADJUTANT & QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (3); MR J. DONOVAN, PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE MINISTER (5); PX76 CAPTAIN F.P. BREWER, ACTING DISTRICT OFFICER, MILNE BAY, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (6).