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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-04-05. A GROUP OF HIGH-RANKING AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN OFFICERS PARTAKING OF COFFEE IN THE LOUNGE OF "ILLOURA", ST KILDA ROAD, AFTER A DINNER IN THE OFFICERS MESS OF THE STAFF OF SIGNAL OFFICER- IN- CHIEF, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES. THE FUNCTION WAS ORGANISED BY THE SIGNAL OFFICER- IN- CHIEF, MAJOR-GENERALS C.H. SIMPSON, CBE, MC, VD, WITH THE APPROVAL OF GENERALS MACARTHUR AND BLAMEY, TO ENABLE SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE THREE SERVICES OF AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA TO MEET SOCIALLY AND TO BECOME ACQUAINTED, AS IN MOST CASES, THEY HAD NOT MET. THE CENTRE FIGURE IS LIEUTENANT-GENERAL R.L. EICHELBERGER, COMMANDER 1ST CORPS, U.S. ARMY; ON THE RIGHT IS LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED, GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING SECOND AUSTRALIAN CORPS.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-04-05. HIGH RANKING AMERICAN ARMY AND MARINE OFFICERS GATHERED IN THE LOUNGE OF "ILLOURA", ST. KILDA ROAD, THE MESS OF OFFICERS OF THE STAFF OF SIGNAL OFFICER- IN- CHIEF, AUSTRALI
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-04-05. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR JOHN LAVARACK KBE CB CMG DSO, GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING FIRST AUSTRALIAN ARMY (LEFT), GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY GBE KCB CMG DSO, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04-05. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL R.K. SUTHERLAND, CB, CHIEF OF STAFF AT GENERAL MACARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, CHATTING TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR JOHN LAVARACK, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO, GENER
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-04-05. LEFT TO RIGHT:- MAJOR-GENERAL J.E.S. STEVENS, CB, DSO, ED, GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION; LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR JOHN LAVARACK, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO, GENE
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-04-05. SCENE AT A DINNER HELD IN THE OFFICERS' MESS OF THE STAFF OF SIGNAL OFFICER- IN- CHIEF, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES, AT ST. KILDA ROAD, AT THE TERMINATION OF THE FIRST COMBI
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-04-05. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR JOHN NORTHCOTT, KCMG, KCVO, CB, CHIEF OF THE AUSTRALIAN GENERAL STAFF AND CHIEF OF THE AUSTRALIAN SECTION OF THE IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF (LEFT) AND AN
