025457 Accession Number: 025457

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Puckapunyal, Vic. 20 June 1942 to 21 June 1942. M3 Grant medium tanks of the 1st Australian Armoured Division `marching past' General Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander in Chief, Allied Land Forces, at a review of the division. Major General H. C. H. Robertson, General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Division stands behind General Blamey. To prevent cutting up the rain sodden parade ground for marching troops, the tanks paraded on the roadway.

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Accession Number
025457
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
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Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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