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St John’s Lutheran Church, Brinkworth. [SRG 435/80/66] • Photograph

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Summary

A large group of people and parked cars gathered outside St John’s Lutheran Church at Brinkworth, for an outdoor service. Written on back: ‘View of how it was arranged for outdoor service and the two hay trolleys on for the choir and the other for the minister’.

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Physical description

Photograph (black and white), 8.2 x 10.7 cm.

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1928

Creator

Returned Services League of Australia

Collection

Part of RSL Collection

Subject

Ker, Robert Innes
Ker, William Innes
Ker (Family)
Families -- South Australia.
Clothing and dress -- South Australia.
South Australia -- Social life and customs 1901-1945.
Broken Hill (N.S.W.)

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Historical information

Robert Innes Ker, son of William Innes Ker, was born in Port Pirie, South Australia, in approximately 1895. He had one older brother, William Innes Ker, born approximately 1891. After their father William died at his home in Port Pirie on 19 December 1899, aged 32, Robert and William lived with relatives at Burta Station and Broken Hill, in New South Wales. William and Robert enlisted with the AIF and served overseas during the First World War. Both survived and returned to Australia. Robert married Dorothy Muriel Elliott in 1925, and they had three children: Alva Innes (1927-1993), Byron Innes (1928-), and Colleen Innes (1934-). They lived in Barmera, Berri, and Adelaide, and Robert worked on irrigation blocks.Byron joined the Royal Australian Navy and served as Leading Radio Electrical Mechanic on board the HMAS Tobruk during the Korean War. William married Evelyn Mary in New South Wales, and also had three children: Robert Innes Ker (1928-1949), Barry, and Jill [author Jill Ker Conway] (1934-). William and his family lived on a sheep station at Coorain, on the Western plains of New South Wales. William died of accidental drowining in New South Wales in 1944.

Digitisation information

Date

19/06/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

6,107 x 4,774 pixels (29.2 MP)

Size

187.94 MB

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