066956 Accession Number: 066956

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RAVENSHOE, QLD. 1944-06-19. DURING HIS TOUR OF INSPECTION OF ARMY UNITS IN THE ATHERTON AREA THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY GBE KCB CMG DSO ED (3) AND HIS STAFF WERE PHOTOGRAPHED WITH OFFICERS OF THE 26TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX35000 LIEUTENANT-GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, CB., CBE., DSO., GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, FIRST AUSTRALIAN ARMY (1); NX7 MAJOR-GENERAL G.F. WOOTTEN, CBE., DSO., GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 9TH DIVISION (2); VX20308 LIEUTENANT-GENERAL F.H. BERRYMAN, CBE., DSO., GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 1ST AUSTRALIAN CORPS (4); SX10310 LIEUTENANT COLONEL F.A.G. TUCKER, OFFICER- COMMANDING 2/23RD INFANTRY BATTALION (5); NX376 BRIGADIER D.A. WHITEHEAD, DSO., MC., ED., COMMANDING 26TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (6); QX6408 LIEUTENANT COLONEL A.B. GILLESPIE, COMMANDING 2/24TH INFANTRY BATTALION (7); WX266 MAJOR P.G.C. WEBSTER, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMAND, 2/48TH INFANTRY BATTALION (8); SX2725 CAPTAIN J.O. GEDDES, STAFF CAPTAIN, 26TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (9).

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066956
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Photograph
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Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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