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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-26. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (5), ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR OFFICERS, CROSSING THE MCKINNA BRIDGE OVER THE PURIATA RIVER ON HIS WAY TO VISIT FORWARD TROOPS IN SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- BRIGADIER J. FIELD, COMMANDER 7 INFANTRY BRIGADE (1); MAJOR J. SUMMERTON, BRIGADE MAJOR 7 INFANTRY BRIGADE (3); MAJOR-GEN W. BRIDGEFORD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 3 DIVISION (4); LIEUTENANT GENERAL S.G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 CORPS (6). THE BRIDGE IS CONSTRUCTED OF WIRE MESH AND LOGS.
TOKO, SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-26. VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, COMMANDER- IN- CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (3), ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR OFFICERS, CROS
Toko, South Bougainville. 26 March 1945. VX1 General Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander in Chief, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area and party walk across the old McKinna Bridge constructed of wire
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-26. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (4), WITH A GROUP OF SENIOR OFFICERS AT ADVANCED HEADQUARTERS 7 INFANTRY BRIGADE
BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-26. VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, COMMANDER- IN- CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (1), VISITING FORWARD TROOPS OF THE
Toko, South Bougainville. 26 March 1945. Australian engineers still working on the old McKinna Bridge structure of log and wire mesh across the Puriata River as VX1 General Sir Thomas Blamey GBE KCB C
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-26. GEN SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (1), MOVING WITH SENIOR OFFICERS TO FORWARD POSITIONS DURING HIS TOUR OF HQ 7 INFANT
