SERGEANT J.K. WESTON, D.C.M., 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, RECEIVING THE RIBBON OF THE ...

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Accession Number 024963
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Portrait
Physical description Black & white, Portrait
Maker Smith, E E
Place made North Africa: Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Alamein
Date made 7 September 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

SERGEANT J.K. WESTON, D.C.M., 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, RECEIVING THE RIBBON OF THE MILITARY MEDAL FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD, GENERAL- OFFICER- COMMANDING A.I.F. (M.E.), AT A PARADE AT HEADQUARTERS, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. SERGEANT WESTON HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN AWARDED THE D.C.M. FOR GALLANTRY AT TOBRUK IN 1941.