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Canberra, ACT

On Monday 27 February 2017, at the Canberra Club, Barton, Lady Cosgrove, as Patron of the ACT War Widows’ Guild of Australia, unveiled a commemorative window.

In the afternoon, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), and Lady Cosgrove, hosted an Investiture Ceremony, where the Governor-General, as the Chancellor of the Order of Australia, invested the Chief of Defence of the Netherlands, General Thomas Middendorp AO, with the insignia of an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Military Division.

Earlier, the Governor-General met with students from The Cathedral School, QLD, and Harvey Primary School, WA, as they undertook a tour of Government House as part of their visit to Canberra.