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TOKO, SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-26. VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, COMMANDER- IN- CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (3), ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR OFFICERS, CROSSING THE PURIATA RIVER ON THE MCKINNA BRIDGE WHILE VISITING HEADQUARTERS 3RD DIVISION AND FORWARD TROOPS OF THE 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- TX2002 BRIGADIER J. FIELD, DSO, ED, COMMANDER 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (1); VX38969 MAJOR- GENERAL W. BRIDGEFORD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 3RD DIVISION (2). THE TEMPORARY BRIDGE IS CONSTRUCTED OF WIRE MESH AND LOGS.
Toko, South Bougainville. 26 March 1945. Australian engineers still working on the old McKinna Bridge structure of log and wire mesh across the Puriata River as VX1 General Sir Thomas Blamey GBE KCB C
Toko, South Bougainville. 26 March 1945. VX1 General Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander in Chief, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area and party walk across the old McKinna Bridge constructed of wire
TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLAND. 1945-03-26. VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, COMMANDER- IN- CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (2) WITH VX38969 MAJOR- GENERAL
TOKO, SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-26. VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, COMMANDER- IN- CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (2), ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR OFFICERS, VISI
BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-26. VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, COMMANDER- IN- CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (1), VISITING FORWARD TROOPS OF THE
TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-26. VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, COMMANDER- IN- CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (1) CROSSES THE PURIATA RIVER
