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 098321
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Weir, Edward James
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

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, NATIVES OF THE NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION, LED BY AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS, APPROACHING THE SALUTING BASE.