LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-30. DURING HIS TOUR OF INSPECTION OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN THE LAE ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number 093342
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-30. DURING HIS TOUR OF INSPECTION OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN THE LAE AREA, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA (1) VISITED CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS LAE AREA WORKSHOPS. ABOVE, IN THE INSTRUMENT REPAIR SECTION, WITH MAJ S.E. REEVE, COMMANDING OFFICER, CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS LAE AREA WORKSHOPS (2) AND COL C.A. JILLET, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, FIRST ARMY (3), HE WATCHES L-CPL H.S.C. MORGAN WORKING ON THE REPAIR OF BINOCULARS.