024957 Accession Number: 024957

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DURING A PARADE AT MAIN HEADQUARTERS, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, AT WHICH OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE DIVISION DECORATED FOR GALLANTRY IN THE RECENT OPERATIONS IN THE WESTERN DESERT WERE INVESTED WITH THE RIBBON OF THEIR DECORATION. LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK TO CAMERA:-COLONEL E.W. WOODWARD, ASSISTANT-ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION; BRIGADIER RAYMOND W. TOVELL, COMMANDING 26TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE; AND COLONEL H. WELLS, GENERAL STAFF OFFICER, GRADE I, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD, GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING AIF (M.E.), IS SEEN SHAKING HANDS WITH ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS.

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Accession Number
024957
Photographer
Sergeant E E Smith
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
7 September 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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