The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Wagga Wagga, NSW Tuesday 6 December. Conditions of modern warfare left no time for mistakes or for mobilisation, the Governor of NSW, Sir Roden Cutler said. He was speaking at a marching-out parade of 400 National Service and Regular Army recruits attended by more than 1000 visitors at Kapooka this morning. Later, he officially opened the new 7 million dollar camp, naming it Blamey Barracks to commemorate the late Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey. The camp accommodates the 1st Recruit Training Battalion. Sir Roden said it was easy in time of crisis to rally to the defence of the country, but it was very different to combat the threat to natioanl security when it was not seen so clearly and it was not at Australia's shores... At the unveiling of a plaque naming the new barracks, the Minister for the Army, Mr Malcolm Fraser, said that the new buildings symbolised the new Army... The son of Sir Thomas Blamey, Lieutenant-Colonel T.R. Blamey and Mrs Blamey, were guests at the parade and the official opening ceremony. [written by] Lieut.-Colonel L.B. Swifte
The Minister for the Army, Mr Phillip Lynch, opened a new Army barracks at Lae in New Guinea this week (Monday September 30). Igam Barracks built at a cost of nine million dollars, accommodates a numb
The Papua New Guinea Defence Force came into being at a special inaugration ceremony at Murray Barracks last week (January 26) The Minister for Defence, Mr Barnard reviewed the parade of men from the
At 1030 hours 28 August 1943 General Sir Thomas Blamey, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, Major General G.A. Vasey, CB, CBE, DSO, and Brigadier K.W. Eather, CBE, DSO, ED, inspected 2/33rd Australian Infantry Ba
The Commander in Chief, General Sir Thomas Blamey, reviews troops of the 6th Australian Division at a parade held on the Wondecla Show Grounds at Atherton Queensland. General Sir Thomas Blamey reviews
Six hundred and fifty National Servicemen from Queensland and New South Wales yesterday marched out of Kapooka, NSW, after ten weeks of basic military training. About 600 parents and friends attended
A Guard of Honour from the 65th Australian Infantry Battalion (BCOF) was formed at Kure on the 29 September 1948, on the arrival of VX1 General Sir Thomas Albert Blamey GBE KCB CMG DSO ED. General Bla
