AWM P03531.002

Four men in military uniforms stand in front of a 1940s aeroplane painted on the side with an Australian flag, the first has no hat and Navy shoulder boards, the next two are wearing Army slouch felt hats, and the fourth is wearing a Royal Australian Air Force cap

Three of the first 4 Australian peacekeepers stand in front of an aircraft with Charles Eaton, the then acting Australian Consul-General, in September 1947. The Australians were the first to arrive of a group of military observers requested by the Consular Commission. Pictured left to right in uniform: Commander Henry Swinfield Chesterman, Charles Eaton with hat and pipe, Brigadier Lewis Glanville Howard Dyke and Major David Lynn Campbell. Chesterman and Campbell were later attached to the United Nations Good Offices Committee (UNGOC). AWM P03531.002

Source
AWM P03531.002
Place made
Batavia, Netherlands East Indies
Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

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