KING VISITS AUSTRALIAN HEADQUARTERS - AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL COMMANDER RE-OPENS DESTROYED BRIDGE [Main]
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Année: 1918
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Durée: 5 mins
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Description: The King arrives by car at Bertangles Château, the Corps headquarters, and walks past captured German guns and howitzers on the lawns. In front of the château he knights General Sir John Monash, the Australian Corps commander, and Major-General M W O'Keefe, Fourth Army's Director of Medical Services.
I. The knighting of Sir John Monash by King George V at Australian Corps headquarters, Western Front, 12th August 1918.II. The repair of a damaged bridge at Chérisy by 3rd Australian Pioneer Battalion and its opening by Major-General Sir John Gellibrand of 3rd Australian Division, Western Front, 18th August 1918.
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Mots-clés: EFG1914 / World War I / George V, King / Monash, John / O'Keeffe, Menus W / Gellibrand, John / Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force / British Army, Australian Imperial Force / Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force, 3rd Division, Pioneer 3rd Battalion / British Army, Australian Imperial Force, Div 3, Pioneer 3rd Battalion / buildings, Australian - military: headquarters (Australian Corps) / ceremonies, British - state: investiture / engineering, military, Australian / 01/3(4-15).9 / 01/3(4-15).9 / Bertangles, Somme, France / Chérisy, Pas-de-Calais, France
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Fournisseur: Imperial War Museums
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Droits: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
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Couleur: Black & White
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Sound: Without sound
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