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MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, 1942. THE ARRIVAL OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AT A WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY AT THE SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE, MELBOURNE, IN 1942-03. THE CEREMONY TOOK PLACE A FEW DAYS AFTER GENERAL MACARTHUR ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA TO ASSUME SUPREME COMMAND OF ALL ALLIED FORCES IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, AND WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, AND THE LORD MAYOR OF MELBOURNE. (DONOR: R.P. NICHOLAS).
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Accession Number
P00243.006
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Photograph
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Format: 120 (roll film)
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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