WAU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-24. THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Wau Area, Wau
Accession Number 072650
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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WAU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-24. THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT (1) WITH MEMBERS OF HIS OFFICIAL PARTY ARRIVING AT WAU AIRFIELD DURING A TOUR OF INSPECTION OF NEW GUINEA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- MR J. DONOVAN, PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE MINISTER (2); NX191031 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL A.A. CONLON, DIRECTORATE OF ARMY RESEARCH (3); MAJOR-GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, DSO, GOC AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT(4); VX94717 COLONEL R.J. WRIGHT, DIRECTORATE OF ARMY RESEARCH (5); NX70327 MAJOR A.M. ALISON, COMMANDING OFFICER, WAU AREA (6).