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KAIRI AREA, QLD. 1944-04-22. GUESTS AND SENIOR OFFICERS INSPECTING THE NEW KOALA SOLDIERS CLUB AFTER THE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY HAD BEEN PERFORMED BY LADY OLGA BLAMEY, WIFE OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- TX2003 LIEUTENANT COLONEL S.T. HODGMEN, OBE., GSO. II., (OPERATIONS) HEADQUARTERS, FIRST AUSTRALIAN CORPS (3); VX108136 MAJOR R.C. TOMKINS, DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL, HEADQUARTERS, 3RD DIVISION (4); WX1574 BRIGADIER A.W. POTTS, DSO., MC., COMMANDING, 23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE (5); BRIGADIER F.P.H. FEWTRELL, VD., (6); VX130450 LIEUTENANT COLONEL J.H. RUSSELL, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL, QUEENSLAND LINES OF COMMUNICATION AREA (8).
KAIRI AREA, QLD. 1944-04-22. LADY OLGA BLAMEY, WIFE OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (1) SPEAKING FROM THE OFFICIAL STAND AS SHE OPENS THE NEW KOALA SOLDIER'S CLU
MARAKAI, NT. 1943-08-05. THE GOVERNOR GENERAL, HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD GOWRIE VC PC GCMG CB DSO & BAR, TAKING THE SALUTE OF THE 23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE. ALSO SEEN ARE:- WX157
MALMAL VILLAGE, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-02-09. VISITING AUSTRALIAN GENERALS ON THE WHARF AT HEADQUARTERS, 5TH DIVISION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- VX27 MAJOR-GENERAL A.H. RAMSAY, CBE, DSO, ED, GENERAL OFFIC
MARAKAI, NT. 1943-08-05. THE GOVERNOR GENERAL, HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD GOWRIE VC PC GCMG CB DSO & BAR, TAKES THE SALUTE FROM THE 19TH MACHINE GUN BATTALION. ALSO SEEN, LEFT TO RIGHT:-
MARAKAI, NT. 1943-08-05. THE GOVERNOR GENERAL, HIS EXCELLENCY, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD GOWRIE VC PC GCMG CB DSO AND BAR, AND SENIOR OFFICERS WATCHING THE ARTILLERY SHOOTING FROM A HILL NEAR THE FIRI
KAIRI AREA, QLD. 1944-04-22. OFFICIAL GUESTS AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW KOALA SOLDIER'S CLUB. THE CLUB WAS BUILT BY PERSONNEL OF 3RD AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN FIVE WEEKS AND THE AMENITIES CONSIST OF A SWI
