AWM Collection Record: 050015

AWM image 050015

ID Number: 050015
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: EL ALAMEIN, EGYPT. 1942-11-05. A FIRING PARTY OF AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN FIRE A SALUTE AT THE BURIAL OF BRIGADIER A.H.L. GODFREY, DSO, MC, ED. BRIGADIER GODFREY WHO HAD, UNTIL HIS DEATH, COMMANDED 24TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, DIED ON 1942-11-04 FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED ON 1942-11-01 WHEN HIS COMMAND POST WAS HIT BY AN ENEMY SHELL.
Copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
Copyright holder: Copyright Expired
Related subject: Funerals and burials; Casualties
Related unit: 24 Brigade
Related place: El Alamein; Egypt
Related conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945

Last-Modified: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:45:57 GMT

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