CANBERRA, ACT. 1944-03-18. THE OFFICIAL TABLE AT THE DINNER IN PARLIAMENT HOUSE GIVEN BY THE ...

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Accession Number 077684
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1944-03-18. THE OFFICIAL TABLE AT THE DINNER IN PARLIAMENT HOUSE GIVEN BY THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT TO MARK THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF GENERAL MACARTHUR'S ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- THE HONOURABLE J.B. CHIFLEY, TREASURER AND MINISTER FOR POST WAR RECONSTRUCTION (1); THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. SCULLIN, PC, MEMBER FOR YARRA, VICTORIA (2); THE RIGHT HONOURABLE F.M. FORDE, PC, MINISTER FOR THE ARMY (3); GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (4); THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN CURTIN, PC, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA (5); THE HONOURABLE NELSON T. JOHNSON, UNITED STATES MINISTER TO AUSTRALIA (6); THE RIGHT HONOURABLE H.V. EVATT, PC, ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (7); THE HONOURABLE A.A. DRAKEFORD, MINISTER FOR CIVIL AVIATION AND MINISTER FOR AIR (8).