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Photograph 001389/11 Second World War, 1939-1945Brigadier S G Savige, Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Blamey and Major General I Mackay on board the troopship carrying the 6th Division to the Middle East.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
On the deck of the troopship carrying the 6th Division to the Middle East, Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Blamey (left), Commander 1 Australian Corps, converses with Major General I Mackay, Commander 6th Division, before the troopship departs.
Brigadier S G Savige, Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Blamey and Major General I Mackay on board the troopship carrying the 6th Division to the Middle East.

Followed by several officers, Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Blamey leaves the troopship carrying the 6th Division to the Middle East after farewelling the Commander and senior Divisional Officers.

Major General I Mackay, General Officer Commanding, 6th Division ascends the gangway to board the troopship carrying the Division to the Middle East followed by Colonel F H Berryman, General Service O

Brigadier S G Savige, Commander 17th Brigade, 6th Division (left) and Major General Northcott talking on the deck of the troopship carrying the 6th Division to the Middle East.

Brigadier S G Savige, Commander 17th Brigade, 6th Division (left) and Major General Northcott talking on the deck of the troopship carrying the 6th Division to the Middle East.

Troops of the 6th Division wave goodbye as their troopship departs for the Middle East.
