SUPREME COMMANDER
AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE ARMY " SIGNIFICANT SIGNPOST - (Rec. 7 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 9. The War Cabinet has decided to appoint a general officer commanding all military forces in Australia. The Herald says the decision is regarded as the most significant signpost to eventualities for which Australia now has to prepare herself. The officer chosen will be charged with the defence of Australia by land. He will work in the field and have command in anv emergencies that may arise within Australia, and as the war proceeds he will have under his contr'l the home defence army of about 250,000 men.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24604, 12 May 1941, Page 6
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