BLANCHE BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. LIEUTENANT GENERAL J. NORTHCOTT, CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF, ...

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Accession Number 097468
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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BLANCHE BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. LIEUTENANT GENERAL J. NORTHCOTT, CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF, ACCOMPANIED BY MAJOR GENERAL K.W. EATHER, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 11 DIVISION, AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL WOO YEN, OFFICER COMMANDING CHINESE TROOPS, INSPECTING A PARADE OF SOME 700 CHINESE TROOPS. THE MEN, FORMER PRISONERS OF THE JAPANESE ARE NOW AT THEIR NEW CAMP. LIEUTENANT GENERAL NORTHCOTT IS ON A TOUR OF INSPECTION OF THE AREA.