WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-17. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL B.L. MONTGOMERY, (LEFT) AND BRIGADIER ...

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Accession Number 024847
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-17. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL B.L. MONTGOMERY, (LEFT) AND BRIGADIER W.J.V. WINDEYER, COMMANDING 20TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE WALKING TOWARD THEIR JEEP AT 20TH BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS BEFORE DRIVING TO FORWARD INFANTRY POSITIONS OF THE AUSTRALIAN BRIGADE. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL MONTGOMERY HAS RECENTLY ARRIVED FROM GREAT BRITAIN ON APPOINTMENT AS GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING EIGHT ARMY. GENERAL MONTGOMERY IS WEARING A PARTICULARLY DECREPIT AUSTRALIAN SLOUCH HAT.