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KAIRI AREA, QLD. 1944-04-22. OFFICIAL GUESTS AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW KOALA SOLDIER'S CLUB. THE CLUB WAS BUILT BY PERSONNEL OF 3RD AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN FIVE WEEKS AND THE AMENITIES CONSIST OF A SWIMMING POOL, CAFETERIA, DANCE FLOOR, BADMINTON COURTS, READING AND WRITING ROOMS, SHOWERS AND TENNIS COURTS. THE OFFICIAL OPENING WAS PERFORMED BY LADY OLGA BLAMEY, WIFE OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (1). IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- MRS. ABBOTT, AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY (2); TX2002 BRIGADIER J. FIELD, DSO., ED., ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDER, 3RD AUSTRALIAN DIVISION (3); VX108122 LIEUTENANT COLONEL E.A. GRIFFIN, OBE., DEPUTY ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, 3RD DIVISION (4).
KAIRI AREA, QLD. 1944-04-22. LADY OLGA BLAMEY, WIFE OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (1) ACCOMPANIED BY MRS. ABBOTT, AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY (2) BEING CONDUC
KAIRI AREA, QLD. 1944-04-22. TROOPS OF THE 3RD DIVISION ENJOYING THE AMENITIES IN THE CAFETERIA OF THE NEW KOALA SOLDIERS CLUB, AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY WHICH WAS PERFORMED BY LADY OLGA BLAMEY, WIFE
KAIRI AREA, QLD. 1944-04-22. TROOPS OF THE 3RD DIVISION ENJOYING THE AMENITIES IN THE CAFETERIA OF THE NEW KOALA SOLDIERS CLUB, AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY WHICH WAS PERFORMED BY LADY OLGA BLAMEY, WIFE
KAIRI AREA, QLD. 1944-04-22. TENNIS COURT AND PORTION OF THE CLUBROOMS OF THE KOALA SOLDIERS CLUB WHICH WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY LADY OLGA BLAMEY, WIFE OF GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE., KCB., CB., C
KAIRI, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-06-20. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE., KCB., CMG., DSO., ED., (1) AND MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY
KAIRI AREA, QLD. 1944-04-22. GUESTS AND SENIOR OFFICERS INSPECTING THE NEW KOALA SOLDIERS CLUB AFTER THE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY HAD BEEN PERFORMED BY LADY OLGA BLAMEY, WIFE OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIE
