P02483.001 Accession Number: P02483.001

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North Sydney, NSW. 6 March 1938. Trooping the Colour ceremony by the 17th Battalion (The North Sydney Regiment) at St Leonards Park. The stone North Sydney War Memorial is in the background at right. The ceremony was the first occasion on which a regimental trooping was performed by a militia regiment on the northern side of Sydney Harbour. In foreground, from left to right: unknown; Lieutenant Colonel F. W. Lennox, Staff Corps, Assistant Adjutant of the 1st Division; Colonel C. A. Callaghan, CMG, DSO, VD, Commander, 8th Infantry Brigade; reviewing officer, Brigadier J. L. Hardie, DSO, OBE, Commander of the 1st Division; Brigadier General H. A. Goddard, CMG, DSO, VD, Honorary Colonel of the 17th Battalion. Soldiers lined up around the perimeter are from the 7th Brigade Royal Australian Artillery (militia), guarding the parade ground during the trooping while all members of the 17th Battalion have their weapons at the present. (Souvenir brochure located in the Research Centre at AWM54, Item 729/3/20)

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P02483.001
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Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Format: Panorama
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