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Prince Alfred College old scholars football team [PRG 280/1/13/131] • Photograph

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Summary

Members of Prince Alfred College Old Scholars football team, Adelaide. The player in the back row, 4th from left, is believed to be John Wesley Blacket (see also B 22259). Back row 2nd from left is William Lawrence Davies, enlisted August 1915 as a Lieutenant in the 27th Battalion. Served on the Western Front and won the Military Cross for gallantry in 1917. Back row 4th from left is John Wesley Blacket, served as a Captain in the 27th Battalion at Gallipoli and the Western Front. Killed in action near Messines, Belgium July 1916.

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Physical description

photograph; 12.5 x 19 cm

Dates / Publication details

1914

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Blacket, John Wesley, 1886-1916
Davies, William Lawrence
Prince Alfred College (Adelaide, S.A.)
Australian football players -- South Australia -- Adelaide

Catalogue record

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Historical information

John Wesley Blacket, the son of the Rev. J. Blacket, was a teacher at the time of his enlistment in the 27th Battalion, A Company, in 1915.

Digitisation information

Date

03/07/2001

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,150 x 2,067 pixels (6.5 MP)

Size

6.52 MB

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