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Officers and men who received war decorations [PRG 280/1/15/818] • Photograph

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"Several South Australians at the Keswick Barracks on January 15 were presented with the war and other decorations. The recipients were:- Distinguised Service Order, Col. Stanley Price Weir, D.S.O. V.D.(seated centre), commanding 19th Infantry Brigade. Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration, Lieut. Col. Thomas Hancock, V.D. (seated left), 23rd Light Horse Regiment. Croix de Guerre conferred by His Majesty the King of the Belgians for distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign: 880 Company Sgt. Major J.L. Carey, 7th Battalion (standing left); 3013 Pte. A.H. Barrey, 27th Battalion. Military Medals awarded for bravery in the field: Second Lieut. W.A. Harry, 6th Field Artillery Brigade (seated right); 189 Sgt. A. Schofield, 12th Machine Gun Company; 4164 Cpl. T.S. Loxton, 48th Infantry Battalion; 67 Lce. Cpl. R.W. Lawson, 15th Field Company Engineers; 2043 Pte. O.E. Winter, 50th Infantry Battalion; 4196 Pte. B.L. Woods, 48th Infantry battalion." Photograph caption published in The Observer newspaper 25 January 1919, page 25.

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Physical description

photograph; 15 x 19.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

15 January 1919

Collections

Part of Searcy Collection
Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Weir, Stanley Price, 1866-1944
Hancock, Thomas, 1863-1925
Carey, John Leslie, 1896-1960
Harry, William Arnold, 1896-1961
Soldiers -- South Australia
Military uniforms
World War, 1914-1918 -- South Australia

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General notes

This photograph published in The Observer newspaper 25 January 1919, page 25.

Historical information

Colonel Weir was repatriated from the A.I.F. in 1916 and became the State's first public service commissioner; he retired from the A.M.F. in 1921 as an honorary brigadier general.

Digitisation information

Date

08/07/2015

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Resolution

3,192 x 2,510 pixels (8.0 MP)

Size

8.04 MB

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