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Group of soldiers

c. 1917, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/122

Formal group of uniformed soldiers; identity of unit is not known.

Army artillery exercises

1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/123

Army artillery exercises in progress at Mitcham camp.

An army stretcher-bearer party

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/124

An army stretcher-bearer party exercise at Mitcham camp.

Australia Day procession at Hindmarsh

1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/125

Australia Day crowds at Hindmarsh watching a procession of floats go by.

Reinforcement to the 10th Battalion

c. 1917, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/127

Men of the 17th reinforcement to the 10th Battalion, Captain Sexton commanding officer.

Three Mounted Infantry army officers. A researcher has suggested that the officers include: Lieutenant Arthur Francis Lindsay Harper, adjutant of the Mitcham Camp (centre), and Lieutenant Colonel Walter Dollman, Commandant of Mitcham Camp (right).

Bride and groom

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/129

A bride and groom photographed at the Grand Central Hotel, Adelaide.

Camel cart

c. 1916, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/130

A farm worker and his camel cart in Western Australia.

Sir William Sowden delivering a speech

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/131

A group of women, including Lady Galway, wife of Sir Henry, Governor of South Australia, listening to Sir William Sowden, who is delivering an address; at this time Sir William was editor of the Register, President of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia and co-founder of the Cheer Up Society.

Presentation of regimental colours

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/132

A presentation of regimental colours by a young woman to a flag escort.

A fete in the Adelaide Hills

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/133

A distant view of tents and stalls at a fete held in the Adelaide Hills.

Civic dinner for returned soldiers

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/134

Returned soldiers being entertained at a dinner in the Adelaide Town Hall which has been decorated with flags.

Men of the 2nd reinforcement, 5th Pioneer Battalion

1916, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/135

Officers and men of the 2nd reinforcement for the 5th Pioneer Battalion (5th Pioneers); Lieutenant McKay was the commanding officer. Of the four officers pictured at the centre of the front row, two should be George Collier Blunt and Lionel Thomas Carew Jackson (probably the two in the centre; the others are likely to be camp instructors. Jackson was 6 feet, 6 inches tall so likely to be the one on the left hand side. [Duplicate of PRG 280/1/9/76.]

Shoppers in Rundle Street watching a small military display

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/136

Shoppers in Rundle Street watching a small military display; Sammy Lunn, a major South Australian fund-raiser figure during the First World War is standing to the right of the soldiers.

Foundation stone ceremony

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/137

Members of the clergy conducting a foundation stone ceremony, possibly for a church; location unknown.

Boys of Birdwood High School

c. 1916, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/138

Boys of Birdwood High School with two teachers.

Presentation of regimental colours at Mitcham Camp

c. 1917, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/143

A standard bearer with senior officers, two women and Mr. G. McEwin, after the flag presentation ceremony to the 16th Battalion, 3rd Light Horse Regiment. [This image is clearly of the same event as that shown in PRG 280/1/17/113. That is identified as the colours being presented to the 4th Reinforcements of the 50th Battalion, but a report in 'The Register', Wednesday 5 April 1916 suggests otherwise: 'A presentation of colours to the 16th Battalion, 3rd Light Horse, took place at the Mitcham Camp on Tuesday afternoon, in the presence of Major Bushell (Acting Camp Commandant), Lieut. Harper (Camp Adjutant), Chaplain-Col. Metters and many other officers. the colours were presented by Mrs J. De Burgh and Miss Lines. They were handed by Mr G.A.W. Alexander to Lieuts. Denison and Stott, who received them and thanked the donors.'

Soldiers in South Australia

c. 1917, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/144

A group of non-commissioned army officers and men; name of unit not known.

Crowds at a fete

1916, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/145

Crowds attending a fete in aid of the Adelaide Children's Hospital.

Bishop Thomas at St. Peter's College

1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/146

Senior boys and distinguished guests outside St. Peter's College with Captain Blackburn, officer commanding of the school's military training, the headmaster and Bishop Thomas.

Grieving women during World War, 1914-1918

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/147

Lady Galway, carrying the umbrella, wife Sir Henry, Governor of South Australia, with other women, some still wearing mourning, listening to Colonel Rowell speaking at a war memorial occasion during the First World War. It appears that the memorial is the South African War memorial on the corner of King William Street and North Terrace (see PRG 280/1/24/106).