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A crowd at a ceremony at the Soldiers Memorial, Mannum
A crowd including seated dignatories, members of brass band on left, local citizens, and a speaker wearing decorations, at a ceremony at the Soldiers Memorial, Mannum. Possibly Anzac Day commemmoration, or the unveiling ceremony with Sir Tom Bridges.
Parade in Adelaide
World War 1 - returned army personnel and Red Cross nurses parade in city before the State Governor, Sir Henry Galway, Col. H.H.E. Russell, and Lady Galway, first President of Red Cross in S.A.
Ambulance
First World War Red Cross Ambulance.
Cheer Up Hut Fair
Six adults dressed in Middle East costume on a makeshift stage in a park surrounded by a small crowd. [On back of photograph:] '1st World War Cheer Up Hut Fair / Returned Servicemen back / from Egypt dress up & help with / The Egyptian Fair'. A researcher believes that Mrs Alexandrine Seager, convenor of the Cheer Up Hut, is at the left of the image, wearing a dark hat and facing directly to the camera.
Helpers. C.U. Hut 20/12/19
Large group of women posed in front of an ivy-covered wall, all dressed in white dresses and veils. The caption under the image reads 'Helpers. C.U. Hut. 20/12/19'. [On the back of photograph:] 'Uniform White dresses - white veils. / Cheer up helpers at the end of / World War I. / Mrs Seager Centre front row / Founder & Hon Organiser / E. Morison'. A second copy of the same photograph has the following information on the back: Bottom row starting from X [left]: Misses 1.Bee Jones, 2.Lorna Morris, 3.Ettie Parker, 4.- Berry, 5.----, 6.Mrs Munton, 7.Miller, 8.L.Yemm, 9.E.Baker 10.S.Weston, 11.Miss Tomkinson, Mesdames 12.Seager, 13.A.Miell, 14.Mrs , 15.Mrs H.P.Wilson, 16.Miss Taylor, 17.Mrs D.Fraser, 18.Mrs Hogg, 19.----, 20.Miss Williams. Second row. Miss Clarke, 2.Mrs F.Vasey, 3.Miss F.Short, 4.Miss C.Searcy, 5.Miss Cornock, 6.Miss Ellison, 7.----, 8.Mrs Church, Misses 9.L.Craig, 10.M.Chabrel, 11.R.Brailey, 12.Mrs Novice, Misses 13.Connor, 14.----, 15.O.Judell, 16.J.Fraser, 17.----, 18.----. Third row Misses 1.Moyse, 2.A.King, 3.D.Brown, 4.M.Downer, 5.H.Seager, 6.----, 7.M.Muller, 8.Mrs Bruce, Misses 9.L.Short, 10.I.Carter, 11.----, 12.Mrs Sweetapple, 13.Miss Trewenack, 14.N.Smith, 15.Clarke, 16.----, 17.Pearce. Fourth row. 1.----, Misses 2.I.Short, 3.Boyer, 4-8 [not known], Misses 9.Brown, 10.L.Muller, 11.----, 12.Joyner, 13.Mrs Dewhurst, 14.----, Mrs J.Morison, Misses 16.B.Lee, 17.DeMole, 18.Wyatt, 19.Stevenson. Top row: 1-3 [not identified], Misses 4.T.Wright, 5.E.Judell, Mrs F.Fillmore, 7.K.Berry Smith, 8.----, 9.----, 10.V.Judell, K.Collison, 12.Brown, 13.C.Church, 14.E.Priest, 15.A.Prater, 16.Farley, 17----, 18.----.
The Burra Hall
Bird's eye view of the interior of the Burra Hall, the main hall of the Cheer Up Hut in Adelaide, set up with tables for dining and with five Cheer Up Society workers standing beside one. There is a piano and phonograph on the stage which is draped with the Australian flag and the Union Jack, and there are photographs of servicemen around the hall. [On the back of photograph] 'The Cheer Up Hut / World War I / The Burra Hall / about 1918 / Ready for daily Service and ex-Servicemen's "free" meals (guests of the Society - through generosity of the Public & Voluntary / helpers.) Photo in panels of men who made the supreme sacrifice'.
Start of building the Cheer Up Hut
Rather fuzzy view of a number of men and one women standing in a cleared piece of land. [On back of photograph] 'Fixing first jarrah post for the Cheer Up Hut on / Railways Land at rear of the City Baths / Adelaide 1915. Hut opened in October 1915. / Architect Mr H J Henderson Secretary of the / Adelaide Club. / After World War I the Hut was taken over by the / Railways Institute. In 1939 it was / requisitioned & again used until 1947 / for the entertainment of all allied / servicemen and merchant navy.'
The Burra Hall
Bird's eye view of the interior of the Burra Hall, set up with tables for dining and with two Cheer Up Society workers nearby. There is a piano and phonograph on the stage which is draped with the Australian flag and the Union Jack, and there are photographs of servicemen around the hall. [On the back of photograph] 'Lunch time at / The Cheer Up Hut World War I / Showing / Panels with photos in memory of / men killed in action among whom / were Col Carew Reynell. Col. A.Miell 9th Light H. / L/Cpl George Seager. Major A.Cook. Capt Frank Chabrel / Trevor Owen Smith . CSM Judell & others'.
Roll of Honor for men from Henley Beach
A wooden Roll of Honor for men from Henley Beach who gave their lives during World War I.
Fire Underwriters' Association roll of honour
Fire Underwriters' Association of South Australia roll of honour in the form of a wooden wall plaque listing the names of those who served during World War I.
The Blackwood Uniting Church
The premises of the Blackwood Uniting Church and the district's first World War memorial in the foreground.
Red Cross float advertising their spinning industry
A Red Cross float showing nurses spinning amongst heaps of fleece during World War I.
Red Cross float advertising their sewing circle
A horse drawn wagon converted into a Red Cross float where nurses sit at tables sewing advertising the Red Cross sewing circle during World War I.
Roll of honour from Prospect, South Australia
Close view of a carved wooden wall plaque roll of honour listing the names of men from the District of Prospect who enlisted for service during World War I.
Roll of honour to the fallen from the Department of Education, South Australia
Close view of a wood engraved wall plaque forming a roll of honour to the fallen during World War I for enlisted staff from the Department of Education in South Australia.
Roll of Honour for men of Prospect
World War I Roll of Honour for enlisted men from Prospect, South Australia.
Burial of British soldiers on the battlefield
The burial of two British soldiers on the battlefield during World War I; an officer reads the prayers to the burial party standing by the grave site.
President of France visiting the Front
Raymond Poincare, President of France, standing centre with army officers during a visit to a British war post at the Front in France, World War I.
Soldiers' memorial at Keith
A woman standing beside a World War I soldiers' memorial erected at Memorial Park, Keith, South Australia.
Houses destroyed by shelling in France
Men, women, and children standing with their salvaged goods outside their homes which have been destroyed by shelling during World War I in France.
Three women standing in a car draped with the Union Jack
Three women standing in a car draped with the Union Jack raising funds for the war effort during World War I.
Army recruits, World War, 1914-1918
South Australian volunteer recruits for service in the army during World War I. According to a researcher, the portly man with the 74 on his cap is J.M. Malpas - he was on Jubilee/Exhibition Camp staff around early 1915 and was later in AIF overseas. Therefore it is the camp with new recruits early in the war.
Letter
Letter from Ted to Edie from France 1918 written on the back of a piece of fabric from a wing of a German aeroplane, which was shot down within 100 yards of his dugout. He believed the German plane was that of the Red Baron. Photographic copy. Original only available with the permission of an archivist.
Letters written by Eric Walker
Three letters written by Eric Walker (aka Thomas Walker) whilst on active service. The first letter, dated 20 December 1914, was written from a camp near Cairo; the second, dated 16 March 1915 was sent from Heliopolis, Greece; whilst the final letter, written on one side of a piece of cardboard salvaged from some packaging was dated 28 July 1915. On the verso of this final letter is the recipient's name and address (Mr A Carrol [?] / Bagot St / Hilton / S Aus), together with various postal markings. The latter include 'On Active Service / No Stamps Available', the 'Passed By' censor's red stamp, the black ink circular postmark of the '4th. AUST. INF BGDE [??]-VII-15 FIELD P.O.'. [This field post office operated at Gallipoli from 25 April until September 1915, when it relocated to Mudros on the nearby island of Lemnos; it returned to Gallipoli from early November to mid-December 1915.]
George Ernest Randal Alderson Senior
Portrait of Private George Ernest Randal Alderson Senior, No. 3843, of the 48th Battalion, 11 Reinforcements.
Army nurse
A war-time nurse standing outdoors by a tree.
Letter from Grannie to Nigel Wastell
Letter from 'Grannie' sent to 'My Dear Nigel', dated 18 September 1918, from 'Sarnia' [likely to be the name of a property, not the Canadian city]. Wastell was serving overseas in World War I at the time. Includes news from home and hopes that the war will soon be over.
Church, Cleve
Interior of Church during the war years.
Swan Reach Procession
Swan Reach Procession during the war.
Armistice Day Service
Armistice Day Service at the War Memorial.