photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1981-11-72-35
Description
Maj Gen Douglas C Hawthorn receiving the DSO from Gen Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, at the parade of the 23rd Indian Division, 13 July 1945. 1st Punjab Regiment. Commanded 23rd Indian Division. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order for gallant and distinguished service in Burma (London Gazette, 3 May 1945, p2336) One of 68 photographs collected for the history of 23rd Indian Division.
Campaigns
World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)
Units