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Inscriptions on H.M.A.S. Australia

1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/26/189

Inscriptions on the side of the battleship H.M.A.S. Australia which list locations: Pacific 1914 and North Sea 1915-1919 with the word Endeavour.

Presentation of medals by Lt Col Slane

1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/26/211

Lt Col Slane (2nd CO of 27th Battalion AIF) conducting a war medal presentation at Unley; young soldiers are gathered around, some wearing their civilian clothing. [This photo appeared in 'The Critic', Wednesday 4 May 1921, page 14; and in 'Sport' on Friday 6 May 1921, page 3.]

Welcome home for returned soldier, Private Oliver

1917, Photograph, PRG 280/1/30/231

Bystanders welcome home Private John Oliver, the first resident of O'Halloran Street, Adelaide to return from the war. One of nearly 40 men from O'Halloran Street to join up, Private Oliver was born in Norwood and enlisted on 10 February 1916. A member of the 27th Battalion during the Battle of the Somme, Oliver was wounded in the left shoulder and throat at Flers on 5 November 1916. He died on 30 May 1992.

Procession of women carrying wreaths in Adelaide

c. 1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/30/251

An army officer leading a long procession of women, many carrying wreaths, through the parklands by King William Road in Adelaide to a war memorial (unseen) near St. Peter's Cathedral.

Procession of women carrying wreaths and flowers in Adelaide

c. 1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/30/253

Part of a long procession of women carrying wreaths and flowers walking through the Adelaide parklands by King William Road to a war memorial (unseen) near St. Peter's Cathedral.

Colonel Rowell of the South Australian military forces

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/13/232

Colonel James Rowell of the South Australian military forces. This photo appeared in 'The Observer', Saturday 29 April 1905, page 23 under the general heading 'Our soldiers in encampment at Oaklands' and with the caption 'The Camp Commandant (Col. Rowell, C.B.)'.

Army officers at a South Australian military camp

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/17/171

Five army chaplains at a South Australian military camp - all are wearing the Chaplain's insignia on their caps. The man seated on the left is believed to be Colonel Alfred Metters (see B 46130/412 for comparison).

Crowds watching an event at the 'Bank of Thrift', Adelaide

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/15/766

Crowds watching a fund raising event held at the 'Bank of Thrift', a Greek temple-like structure erected on North Terrace, Adelaide at the entrance to Government House as a venue for raising funds for the War effort; children waving flags stand on its steps underneath a sign that reads 'Vive La France', a brass band plays below them and a saluting French army officer stands in front of the crowd.

A large Australian Army camp in Egypt

c. 1917, Photograph, PRG 280/1/15/941

Distant view of a large Australian Army camp set up in Eqypt on a plain in front of two pyramids.

Major General George Leonard Lee

c. 1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/15/1090

Major General George Leonard Lee wearing dress uniform in a studio view.

Sir Archibald Weigall presenting a medal to Brigadier General Weir

c. 1921, Photograph, PRG 280/1/23/121

Sir Archibald Weigall, Governor of South Australia pinning a war medal on to the uniform of Brigadier General S.P.Weir, a distinguished soldier who was repatriated for health reasons in 1916 and became the State's first public service commissioner.

Sir Archibald Weigall at a medal presentation ceremony

c. 1921, Photograph, PRG 280/1/23/123

Sir Archibald Weigall, Governor of South Australia congratulating a serviceman after the presentation of a war medal.

An ambulance transporting wounded in Cairo, Egypt

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/23/243

An ambulance transporting wounded prisoners of war to hospital in Cairo, Egypt.

An English aviator

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/276

An English aviator dressed in uniform and wearing a woollen balaclava; name not known.

Transportation of hospital bedsteads

c. 1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/309

The transportation of hospital bedsteads by a convoy of horse-drawn carts in Adelaide, South Australia; the carts are marked with the initials 'A.I.F.' and 'ambulance' and are possibly being shipped to a hospital in preparation for the return of war casualties.

Donald Jefferson Stow

c. 1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/368

Former Adelaide Taxation Office employee Private Donald Jefferson Stow with two young children in a London park, England. Donald 'Jefferson' Stow was born in Norwood, South Australia in 1891. Regimental No. 1098, 16th Battalion Machine Gun Section, Private Stow enlisted in the AIF on 12 September 1914 and landed at Gallipoli on the afternoon of 25 April 1915. He received a gun shot wound to his left breast on 8 August 1915. After evacuation and receiving medical treatment in England he returned to his unit and in December transferred to the 44th Battalion. On 12 April 1916 he married Linda Martin. In France on 2 August 1918 he was wounded again, receiving gunshot wounds to his left arm and buttock. Stow returned to Australia in 1918 and was discharged on 24 March 1919. He died in South Australia on 5 January 1973. This image appeared in the Adelaide Chronicle on Saturday 5 August 1916, and is also at PRG 280/1/3/194.

The Prince of Wales marching with soldiers

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/14/135

The Prince of Wales marching as an enlisted soldier with a group of British troops from a Guards regiment.

Recruits in training at an army camp

1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/14/172

Recruits training in marching practice at an army camp in South Australia.

Army recruits at Ballarat, Victoria

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/14/189

Army recruits in training for the 'A' Company, 8th Battalion at Ballarat, Victoria.

A mock battle at sea

1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/14/262

A mock battle at sea off Semaphore jetty recreating the conflict between H.M.A.S.'Sydney' and the German ship 'Emden' which occurred near the Cocos Islands in 1914.

Colonel Weir and Captain Rowell

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/18/120

Two South Australian military officers, Colonel Stanley Weir, right and Captain Frank Rowell, left, at 'The Lodge', Morphettville. [The Morphettville Camp not only included the Race Course at Morphettville, but an adjacent property lent to the Commonwealth Government by the owner, Mr Hawker, for this early training camp; the building was known as 'The Lodge'.] See PRG 280/1/14/184 for another photo of Rowell, probably taken on the same day.