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Old Unley Inn [B 19133] • Photograph

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Old Unley Inn, Unley. According to a researcher, this building relates to the 74th Infantry Regiment. This was the first headquarters of the 74th Infantry Regiment, in the de-licensed Unley Inn at 158-160 Unley Road, South Australia, used from 1 July 1911 until 13 March 1915. The Unley Inn had been built in 1847-48 by William Ewens, who had come to South Australia on the Prince Regent in 1839; he was a publican in Adelaide in the early 1840s but in December 1847 he retired on 1½ acres of land at Unley where he built the Unley Inn and took out a Licence the following year. He died soon after, but his wife Sarah continued to manage the Unley Inn while living in the adjoining cottage. This photograph is from the period between May 1912 and June 1913 when the regiment was known as the 74th Infantry (Boothby Battalion): the drill hall has the title 'HEADQUARTERS BOOTHBY BATTALION', with a smaller sign above the verandah, '74th INFANTRY'. In June 1913 the battalion was redesignated 74th (Boothby) Infantry. On 13 March 1915, the new drill hall and headquarters of the 74th (Boothby) Infantry was established in Thomas Street, Unley.

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Physical description

Photograph; 21 cm x 16 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1913

Collection

Part of Unley Collection

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Historical information

Universal Service Scheme: From 1 July 1911, Australian males aged between 18 and 60 were required to undertake part-time Militia service within Australia and its territories, and boys aged between 12 and 18 years had to enrol in the Australian Commonwealth Cadet Corps. The volunteer forces were disbanded and the whole of the Commonwealth was divided into a total of 93 geographically-based battalion areas to administer the scheme. The South Australian forces were re-designated to coincide with battalion areas numbered from 74 to 82. The 74th Infantry Regiment (Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Dollman) was responsible for the entire south-east of South Australia as far as the Victorian border, ranging from Unley to Oakbank, Stirling, Murray Bridge, Millicent, Naracoorte and Mount Gambier. In June 1913 the battalion was redesignated 74th (Boothby) Infantry. On the outbreak of war in 1914 the unit was mobilised for duty in connection with the Port Adelaide defences. On 13 March 1915, the new headquarters of the 74th (Boothby) Infantry was established in Thomas Street, Unley. [Information supplied by Paul Rosenzweig.].

Digitisation information

Date

11/01/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,085 x 2,384 pixels (7.4 MP)

Size

22.10 MB

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