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United States officers and sailors with riflemen assembled around a tally board

  • covid convict said:
    Here we see the victorious US Navy rifle team which competed in a match against teams from the National Rifle Association, the Citizen Forces, and the Royal Australian Navy, held at Long Bay rifle range, in Sydney, on 31st July, 1925...as you can see, they're using the Springfield M1903, which was the US service rifle from 1903 thru to WW2... If the SMH pic (link below) has the names/who's who correct they are (L-R) Back Row: Ensign Bartlett ; CGM Storm ; Sgt Peters ; Pte Kelber ; Pte Walker ; Maj-Gen C.H. Brand* Front Row: ? Brown ; QM Simmonds ; BMM Wolfe ; Seaman Moore Per the tally board their aggregates were: Peters 126 ; Wolfe 121 ; Walker 118 ; Moore 111 ; Storm 111 ; Simmonds 121 ; Kelber 126 ; Bartlett 124 TOTAL: 958 Per the Daily Telegraph, the Australian team aggregates were: NRA: 908 ; Citizen Forces: 869 ; RAN: 827... Chief Armorer Walker from the RAN shot the highest individual aggregate of 127 trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245241808 - the Daily Telegraph, 1st August, 1925...the Daily Telegraph's report... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16219523/1220282 - SMH, 1st August, 1925...pic of the US team here with names. * at the time, Major-General Brand was NSW base commandant

Retired military personnel at a table drinking beer, 1916-1930

Uniformed men possibly from a military band on board the ship WELLINGTON, 1920-1935

  • covid convict said:
    This pic was evidently taken on 22nd February, 1927, when the Australian Commonwealth Band returned to Sydney on the S.S. Marama. The location was evidently the Margaret St wharf, Darling Harbour...

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223475425 - the pic was used in an advert for the band that appeared in the Sydney Sun on 23rd February 1927...

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/117696928 - Truth, 23rd February, 1927...a cut and paste version of the pic also appears here...

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  • covid convict said:
    Another pic of them here