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LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-28. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA (2) DURING INSPECTION OF ROYAL PAPUAN CONSTABULARY TROOPS. THE NATIVE IN THE PICTURE WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE EARLY IN THE ISLAND CAMPAIGN AND SUBJECTED TO MUCH ILL TREATMENT. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IS ON A TOUR OF INSPECTION IN THE AREA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- CAPT A.M. SINCLAIR (1); BRIG D.S. SCHREIBER (3); MAJ HAWKINS, AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER (4).
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