BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-31. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL B.J. CALLINAN, COMMANDING OFFICER, 26 INFANTRY ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville, North Bougainville
Accession Number 090124
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-31. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL B.J. CALLINAN, COMMANDING OFFICER, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (4), EXPLAINING THE OPERATIONAL MOVEMENTS TO LADY WAKEHURST (3), LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S.G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 CORPS (2), AND LIEUTENANT-COLONEL DWYER (1), AT TACTICAL HEADQUARTERS, DURING THE VISIT OF LORD WAKEHURST, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES, LADY WAKEHURST AND LADY BLAMEY TO THE NORTH BOUGAINVILLE AREA WHERE TROOPS OF 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE ARE ENGAGED IN FIGHTING THE JAPANESE.