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Lord Munro Ferguson in Adelaide [PRG 280/1/39/244] • Photograph

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Summary

Lord Munro Ferguson, Governor-General of Australia sitting holding a walking stick fourth from the left with Sir Archibald Weigall, Governor of Australia and a group of men during a visit to Adelaide. It has been suggested that, since they are all wearing RSL badges, that this is the Board of the RSL (RSSILA) about 1921. Front row (from left) [unknown], W.F.J. McCann, H.E. Richardson, Lord Munro Ferguson, W.D. Price (MC), Sir Archibald Weigall, [unknown], [unknown]. Back row (from left): R.G. Woodhead, [unknown], [unknown], Aubrey Rowland Grove Fearby, [rest unknown].

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Physical description

photograph; 15 cm x 21 cm

Dates / Publication details

1922

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Weigall, Archibald, Sir, 1874-1952
Munro Ferguson, Ronald Craufurd, Sir, 1860-1934
McCann, William Francis James, 1892-1957
Woodhead, Robert George, 1897-1960
Fearby, Aubrey Rowland Grove
Richardson, H. E.
Price, Walter Davies, 1886-1944
Governors -- South Australia
Governors-General -- Australia

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Historical information

William McCann was state vice-president (1921-1923) and president (1924-1929) of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia until he rsigned to unsuccessfully run for Boothby as a Nationalist in the 1929 election. He moved to the army reserve in 1935, and was appointed an officer of the Order of the Bristish Empire in the dame year. See 'The Adelaide Chronicle', 15 September 1928, page 47, for another photo which features both McCann and Richardson; in 'The Chronocle', 9 January 1930, page 16, is another photo of Richardson as a member of the Returned Soldiers' Board.

Digitisation information

Date

22/05/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,010 x 2,225 pixels (6.7 MP)

Size

6.70 MB

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