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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-17. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL B.L. MONTGOMERY, (LEFT) AND BRIGADIER W.J.V. WINDEYER, COMMANDING 20TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE WALKING TOWARD THEIR JEEP AT 20TH BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS BEFORE DRIVING TO FORWARD INFANTRY POSITIONS OF THE AUSTRALIAN BRIGADE. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL MONTGOMERY HAS RECENTLY ARRIVED FROM GREAT BRITAIN ON APPOINTMENT AS GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING EIGHT ARMY. GENERAL MONTGOMERY IS WEARING A PARTICULARLY DECREPIT AUSTRALIAN SLOUCH HAT.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-17. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL B.L. MONTGOMERY, GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING EIGHT ARMY (HATLESS) AND BRIGADIER W.J.V. WINDEYER, COMMANDING 20TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, (EXTR
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT, 1942-08-21. GENERAL SIR HAROLD ALEXANDER, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF (M.E.) MEETING GUARD COMMANDER OF COMPOSITE GUARD OF 2/13TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION & 2/15TH AUSTRALIAN INFANT
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. 1942-08-21. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL B.L. MONTGOMERY, CB, DSO, COMMANDING EIGHTH ARMY, (BACK TO CAMERA, LEFT) TALKING TO OFFICERS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION DURING HIS VISIT TO THE D
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-21. GENERAL SIR HAROLD ALEXANDER. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF (M.E.) & OFFICERS OF 2/13TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION & 2/15TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION AT 20TH AUSTRALIAN
LIEUTENANT GENERAL B.L. MONTGOMERY WEARING AN AUSTRALIAN SLOUCH HAT WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO HIM ON 1942-08-14 AT 24TH BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, NEAR EL ALAMEIN. THE UNIT BADGES WER
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-23. GROUP AT COMMAND TRUCK OF 20TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE IN THE BATTLE AREA WEST OF EL ALAMEIN. LEFT TO RIGHT:- MAJOR B.V. WILSON, (BRIGADE MAJOR), BRIGADIER W.J.V
