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Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons ... Welcome back to flickr - I missed your postings!

beachcomber australia Thanks so much! We’ve been a bit dormant lately, but we’re back! We’ll be posting more from our collection in the coming weeks. :)

beachcomber australia Back to sleuthing beachy... It has been a bit quiet on the maritime front.

the picture says it all...I wonder how many of these momento's he actually got home..

That's Private John "Barney" Hines:

cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/E00822

the last times I've seen you on the max show .... lol

You can read a little more about Private Hines in the online version of an exhibiton we did a few years ago called Fifty Australians. He became quite famous because of this photo, which was first published in late 1917.

Liz (admin at the Australian War Memorial)

Thanks, Liz from AWM. That's a good piece about Mr. Hines which you have linked.

Mickey Devine was a Providence, RI, boxer active in the ring from 1910 to 1921. The only information I can find about him is this bout list from BoxRec, two brief mentions in NY Times articles when he was low on the card, and one Times Article telling of his defeat by Willie Houck in a ten round bout fought in April, 1912.

this is my ancestor. If anyone knows more about him please do tell. What is know is his family tree and his recent decendents.

we've featured this picture in the very excellent wordpress blog of very excellent images, PINGERE - www.pingere.wordpress.com/

sarahschofield Hi Sarah, My name is Rosanne and Mickey was my father's cousin. If you would like more information u can contact me at : Roxiez4@yahoo.com Thanks Rosanne