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Cake for Soldiers [PRG 1617/11/105] • Photograph

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Summary

"Untie Sis and Untie Ems Cake for Soldiers", made at Christmas 1941, and personalised for each soldier. A researcher has suggested that Sis Thomas and Emmence Dunsford could be the 'unties' referred to. The names on the cakes match with the names of soldiers listed on the Crystal Brook WW2 Roll of Honour Board. These soldiers include Aaron Hamlyn, Jim Philis, Peter Dennis, Wally Liersch, Edwin Coventry, Roy Scott, bert Mathews, Fred Turner, Eric Lawson, Neil Gum, Frank McBride, Les Thredgold, Dudley Noblett, Mick Rabbitt, Reg Knaggs, Eric Crouch, Jack Ellis, Jack Lawson, Bill Inglis, Lloyd Sims, Bob Ellis, Rex Liersch, Roy Hardyand Doug Sims. Photograph comes from an album of photographs that belonged to Daphne Murdoch [To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1617/11].

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 6.0 x 10.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

1941

Collection

Part of Murdoch Family Collection

Subject

Cake -- South Australia
World War, 1939-1945

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Digitisation information

Date

19/01/2015

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

7,049 x 4,598 pixels (32.4 MP)

Size

97.26 MB

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