The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
VX9 Major General (Maj Gen) George Alan Vasey CB CBE DSO, VX57673 Maj Gen Rupert Major Downes CMG VD, and NX324 Lieutenant Colonel G A Bertram - three victims of an air crash near Cairns, QLD, on 5 March 1945, were given a military funeral at Cairns on 8th March 1945. Troops of the 7th Australian Division congregated in the 7th Australian Division boxing arena to take part in a Memorial service. The two RAAF victims of the crash, 404543 Flight Lieutenant John William (Jack) Newell and 409400 Warrant Officer Berrol Samuel Frieze, were given an Air Force funeral. Also identified: VX1 Commander in Chief General Sir Thomas Blamey CBE KCB CMG DSO ED; NX8 Lieutenant General Sir Leslie J Morshead KCB KBE CMG DSO ED; Maj Gen E J Milford DSO; SX21810 Private Francis Thomas Wilsdon.
Major General (Maj Gen) Robert Harley Wordsworth CBE, British Army, leaving C-47 Dakota aircraft at Aitape and being greeted by General Staff Officer 1 (GSO 1) 6th Australian Division, Lieutenant Colo
Coverage of General Morshead's visit and general activities on Tarakan Island. General Officer Commanding 1st Australian Corps, NX8 Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sir Leslie James Morshead KCB KBE CMG DS
Neck badge and black silk ribbon for Commander of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. Sir Thomas Albert Blamey GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, born near Wagga Wagga on 24 January 1884, became the first Austr
