P02483.003 Accession Number: P02483.003

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North Sydney, NSW. 6 March 1938. Audience and officials seated in the grandstand before the officers move down to the saluting dais at the Trooping the Colour ceremony by the 17th Battalion (The North Sydney Regiment) at St Leonards Park. The ceremony was the first occasion on which a regimental trooping was performed by a militia regiment on the northern side of Sydney Harbour. Front row, fromm left to right: Lieutenant Colonel F. W. Lennox, Staff Corps, Assistant Adjutant of the 1st Division; Brigadier General H. A. Goddard, CMG, DSO, VD, Honorary Colonel of the 17th Battalion; Colonel C. A. Callaghan, CMG, DSO, VD, commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade; Reviewing Officer, Brigadier J. L. Hardie, DSO, OBE, commander of the 1st Division; Mr Thorby, Minister for Defence; William Morris (Billy) Hughes, Minister for External Affairs. Souvenir brochure and related material located in Research Centre, AWM54, Item 729/3/20.

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P02483.003
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Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
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Whole
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1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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