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This pic was taken at State Government House in Sydney, on 28th March, 1927, when the Duke and Duchess of York attended a garden party held in their honour. This pic might have been taken as the Duke of York inspected a RAAF guard of honour... In this pic we see the Duke of York with Flight Lieutenant Garnet Malley M.C., A.F.C. trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245889042 - the Sun, 29th March, 1927 - there's a similar pic here which refers to Malley in the caption. trove.nla.gov.au/work/188066962 - for what it's worth, Geoff Hughes appears in this NLA Fairfax pic which was taken on this same occasion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ trove.nla.gov.au/work/185554774 - Both Geoff Hughes and Garnet Malley appear in this NLA Fairfax pic which was taken in Sydney at an Opening of Parliament ceremony in 1930. Here we see Hughes and Malley dressed in their ceremonial uniforms. Hughes is at the bottom of the stairs...Malley is to the very right of frame. If you're not familiar with Hughes and Malley, they can be differentiated by their service medals...Hughes didn't have a 1914-15 star, whereas Malley did. Both Hughes and Malley were in the Air Force Reserve at this point...Hughes was a Sydney solicitor and Malley worked in civil aviation...I gather they acted as RAAF staff officers and officiated at various ceremonies and functions held in Sydney.

If this is Mrs. Poole the photographers wife, her name was Elizabeth, and the 1911 census thinks she was 43.

The lady at back right does look like Mrs. A. H. Poole shown in this one in the nli archive.

Whoa! It occurred to me to wonder if the marriage records could tell us anything now they are searchable, and the answer is Yes!

Here is the Registrar's record of Elizabeth Moran marrying Arthur Henri Poole on 22nd October 1884 at the Registrar's Office in Waterford.

The very next record on that page is Anne Joseph Moran marrying Edward Henry Hughes. Anne and Elizabeth are recorded with the same address and father - they are sisters and had a joint wedding.

So Mrs. Poole and Mrs. Hughes are sisters, with Mrs. Hughes the elder by 3 years. Mr. Hughes is recorded as an artist, as is Mr. Poole.

Well done indeed Niall McAuley :)

I will update the description to reflect. Great sleuthing!

See also the very first shot in this stream:

"Rainbow Division The 42nd came to be known as the "Rainbow Division". When the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, it federalized National Guard divisions to quickly build up an Army. In addition, Douglas MacArthur, then a major, suggested to William A. Mann, the head of the Militia Bureau, that he form another division from the non-divisional units of several states. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker approved the proposal, and recalled Douglas MacArthur saying that such an organization would "stretch over the whole country like a rainbow." The division was created using units from 26 states and the District of Columbia. The name stuck, and MacArthur was promoted to colonel as the division chief of staff. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)

The New-York tribune., May 02, 1919, Page 8 printed this photo with the caption: "Major General C. A. F. Flagler, commanding the 42d (Rainbow) Division in Germany, is in the centre of the front row. At his left is Lieutenant Colonel Stanley M. Rambaugh and at his right Colonel William N. Hughes, jr. Rear, left to right, are Captain James M. Boyd, Major R. H. Bertram, Major Robert J. Gill and Lieutenant H. W. Fletcher. The photograph was taken at Division Headquarters in Ahrweiler." chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1919-05-02/ed-...

Clement Alexander Finley Flagler (1867-1922), Major General, United States Army www.arlingtoncemetery.net/caflagler.htm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Flagler

Caption from Catalogue of official A.E.F. photographs (1919) provides some different/additional info: "46321. Officers living at commanding general's quarters, Forty-second Division, at Ahrweiler, Germany. Left to right, first row : Col. William N. Hughes, jr. ; Maj. Gen. C. A. F. Flagler, commanding Forty-second Division : Lieut. Col. Stanley M. Rambough. Second row : Capt. James M. Boyd Maj. R. H. Bertram, Maj. Robert J. Gill, Lieut. H. W. Fletcher. Ahrweiler, Germany. January 8, 1919" archive.org/stream/cu31924027944598#page/n507/mode/2up