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Edgar William Giles [B 5192] • Photograph

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Summary

Edgar William Giles July 1, 1920. Born at Staughton, near Kanmantoo on October 5, 1851. Son of William Giles, who was the eldest son of William Giles, the Manager of the South Australian Company. He entered the Civil Service on March 16, 1874. Commissioner of Audit, February 1, 1912. Retired Sept. 30, 1923. He is wearing an embroidered levee dress uniform with bicorn hat and ceremonial sword to which he was entitled as a high level civil servant, following the British court tradition.

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Physical description

Photograph; 19.8 cm x 10.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

1920

Photographer

Hammer & Co

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Giles, Edgar William, 1851-1929

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Digitisation information

Date

29/06/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,010 x 4,013 pixels (8.1 MP)

Size

24.22 MB

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