MELBOURNE, VICTORIA. 1945-05-10. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL E.F. JOHNS, 115 GENERAL HOSPITAL, (2), WHO ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number 089308
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MELBOURNE, VICTORIA. 1945-05-10. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL E.F. JOHNS, 115 GENERAL HOSPITAL, (2), WHO WAS AWARDED THE MEMBER OF THE ROYAL RED CROSS, WITH FRIENDS, CAPTAIN WIFIE, (1) AND CAPTAIN N.G. MAINLAND, (3), AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. THE INVESTITURE BY THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL, WAS THE LARGEST YET HELD IN AUSTRALIA WHEN OVER A HUNDRED SERVICE PERSONNEL RECEIVED THEIR MEDALS.