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Guard of Honour at the opening of the Cheer Up Hostel [SRG 435/3/30] • Photograph

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Summary

'Awaiting the arrival of His Excellency the Governor for the opening of the S.P.F. Hostel on 16.8.41. There are 5 dormitories - hot and cold showers, facilities for pressing uniforms and a court yard. The Hostel accommodates 160 men of the 3 services. Members of the Cheer Up Society come on duty at 7am to cook breakfast, serve and wash up and afterwards they go to the Hostel and make beds', from back. Volunteers in uniform, senior school girls and kindergarten girls in white dresses forming a guard of honour for the arrival of Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey at the opening of the Hostel on 16 August 1941.

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 14.7 x 20 cm

Dates / Publication details

1941

Photographer

Krischock, Henry

Collection

Part of RSL Collection

Subject

Cheer Up Hut (Adelaide, S.A.)
Cheer-up Society (S.A.)
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- South Australia
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- South Australia
World War, 1939-1945 -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Soldiers -- South Australia -- Recreation

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Digitisation information

Date

19/06/2015

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4,843 x 3,617 pixels (17.5 MP)

Size

52.58 MB

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