MAREEBA, QLD. 1944-04-13. AUSTRALIAN ARMY PERSONNEL SCANNING THE SKY FOR THE SECOND AIRCRAFT OF ...

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Accession Number 065748
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker McInnes, Geoffrey
Date made 13 April 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MAREEBA, QLD. 1944-04-13. AUSTRALIAN ARMY PERSONNEL SCANNING THE SKY FOR THE SECOND AIRCRAFT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS WHICH IS CARRYING THE REMAINDER OF THE ADVANCE PARTY OF HEADQUARTERS, 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS DURING THE TRANSFER FROM NEW GUINEA TO THE MAINLAND. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX13939 MAJOR C.R. BIRD, DEPUTY ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL. HEADQUARTERS, 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS, CENTRE (3); WX7 MAJOR S.H. GOOD, MBE., GSO.11., (INTELLIGENCE), HEADQUARTERS, 1ST AUSTRALIAN CORPS, RIGHT (7); NX322 LIEUTENANT COLONEL F.G. HASSETT, GSO.1., (LIAISON) HEADQUARTERS, 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS, LEFT (8).