WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-02. LIEUTENANT COLONEL R.R. GORDON, COMMANDING OFFICER 2/3 ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak
Accession Number 097421
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-02. LIEUTENANT COLONEL R.R. GORDON, COMMANDING OFFICER 2/3 MACHINE-GUN BATTALION (3) PINNING THE MILITARY MEDAL RIBBON ON CORPORAL G.A. LAMBERT, A MEMBER OF 12 PLATOON (2), DURING A PARADE OF C COMPANY PERSONNEL. ON LEFT IS SERGEANT E. HAYLETT WHO WAS ALSO AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL.