WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-17. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL B.L. MONTGOMERY, GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING ...

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Accession Number 024848
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, GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING EIGHT ARMY (HATLESS) AND BRIGADIER W.J.V. WINDEYER, COMMANDING 20TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, (EXTREME LEFT), IN THEIR JEEP DRIVING UP TO FORWARD POSITIONS. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL MONTGOMERY HAS RECENTLY ARRIVED FROM GREAT BRITAIN ON APPOINTMENT AS COMMANDER OF EIGHT ARMY.