WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-26. A CEREMONIAL PARADE AND MARCH PAST BY 6 DIVISION WAS INSPECTED BY ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak
Accession Number 098306
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-26. A CEREMONIAL PARADE AND MARCH PAST BY 6 DIVISION WAS INSPECTED BY GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, AT WEWAK AIRSTRIP. SHOWN, THE DRUM SECTION OF ONE OF THE UNIT BANDS WHICH SUPPLIED THE MUSIC FOR THE MARCH. ON THE BASS DRUM IS PRINTED NAMES OF PLACES IN WHICH CAMPAIGNS HAVE BEEN FOUGHT BY THE DIVISION.