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World War, 1939-1945. Western Desert. El Alamein Memorial Service, 9 Nov 1945
- Date
- 1945
- By
- Wood, W J (Private), active 1945
- Reference
- PAColl-4161-01-089
- Description
All photographs were taken by Pte W J Wood and include captions (multiple copies of most).
Include: Group of officers and nurses taken after the ceremony with Lt Gen Freyberg; Freyberg reading his message to the troops; padres J B Dawson, C C Palmer, M A Bennett & F H Walsh; senior officers with Freyberg - Brigadier L W Thornton, Brigadier S H Crump, Brigadier W G Gentry, & Major C K Reed; Freyberg placing a wreath to honour the fallen; Guard of Honour; The Last Post; Padre J B Dawson reading the dedication; Brigadier Parkinson placing a wreath; volley being fired; Freyberg chatting with Lt Gen G W Allfrey; senior army, navy & air force personnel; debris of wrecked vechicles in desert; 48 veterans of Italian campaign who formed a Guard of Honour
Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s).
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency / World War, 1939-1945. Photographs
- Format
- 57 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs
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