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| The first ABDA command meeting, 10 Jan 1942; left to right: Geoffrey Layton, Conrad Helfrich, Thomas Hart, Hein ter Poorten, Emile Kengen, Archibald Wavell, George Brett, and Lewis Bereton | Archibald Wavell and Hein ter Poorten at Batavia, Java, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia), 22 Jan 1942 |
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| Portrait of Viceroy of India Archibald Wavell, 1943 | Winston Churchill, Archibald Wavell, and James Somerville in conference aboard the ship Queen Mary, May 1943 |
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| Field Marshal Lord Archibald Wavell, Viceroy of India, and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery during a visit to Montgomery’s headquarters in Germany, 12 Apr 1945. | Montgomery with Viceroy Wavell and Field Marshal Auchinleck at Viceregal Gardens, New Delhi, India, 17 Jun 1946 |
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