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Recruits at Mitcham [B 41848] • Photograph

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Summary

Recruits in the first A.I.F. at Mitcham in the area where the Daws Road High School was erected (named Pasadena High School from 2001). Several of the men are from the Kingston district in the South East of South Australia. Information supplied by a researcher : Second from left: Sydney Arthur Pinches, Service no. 3182; third from left John Charles (Charlie) Smith, service no. 2593; ninth from left Alexander Robert (Bob) Smith, Service no. 2592. All three were from Kingston, South East. Charlie and Bob were first cousins, but served together as brothers (note their sequential service numbers). All three went into Light Horse and served in Egypt and the Middle East. Bob and Charlie transferred to the Imperial Camel Corps.

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Physical description

Photograph

Dates / Publication details

1916

Collection

Part of Mitcham Collection

Subject

Australia. Army. -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Soldiers -- South Australia -- Mitcham
Australia. -- Armed Forces -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- World War, 1914-1918

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Date

31/01/2017

Format

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6,131 x 4,482 pixels (27.5 MP)

Size

82.46 MB

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