HOB/56/0646/MC Accession Number: HOB/56/0646/MC

Description

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Wells, KBE, CB, DSO, Chief of the General Staff Australian Army (second from left), Brigadier P N M Moore (left), DSO and two bars, MC, Commander of the 28th British Commonwealth Independent Infantry Brigade group, Colonel F W Speed (right), Commander Australian Army Forces Malaya and three other unidentified officers walk along the foreshore of the Sandycroft Leave Centre on Penang Island, where many Australian soldiers spend time when they're not patrolling through the jungles on the mainland.

Details

Accession Number
HOB/56/0646/MC
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
July 1956
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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