DRAFT TEXT FOR PRIME MINISTER'S STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES FOLLOWING QUESTION TIME WEDNESDAY .29--" UGU00ST 1979:
Funeral of Earl Mountbatten
Ministerial Statement by the Prime Minister
I wish to inform the House that Australia will
be represented at the funeral of the late Earl Mountbatten of
Burma by His Excellency the Governor-General who will be
accompanied by:
His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales;
Senator the Honourable J. L. Carrick, Minister
for Education, Vice-President of the Executive
Council and Leader of the Government in the
Senate;
The Honourable Member for Reid, a former Minister
in the Whitlam Government and a former Deputy
Leader of the Opposition
( both were prisoners of war in South-East
Asia during the 1939-45 war)
and by Mr A. G. R. Keys, OBE, MC, National President of
the Returned Servicemen's League.
The Australian High Commissioner in London,
Sir Gordon Freeth, will also attend.
The funeral will take place in Westminster Abbey
on Wednesday 5 September.
. During the absences of the Governor-General and
the Governor of New South Wales, the Governor of Tasmania
will be sworn as Administrator.
Fraser, Malcolm
Period of Service: 11/11/1975 - 11/03/1983
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Release Date:
29/08/1979
Release Type:
Statement in Parliament
Transcript ID:
5131
Document:
00005131.pdf
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- Fraser, John Malcolm
DRAFT TEXT FOR PRIME MINISTER'S STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOLLOWING QUESTION TIME WEDNESDAY 29 AUGUST 1979 - FUNERAL OF EARL MOUNTBATTEN
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