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Portrait of two men in suits smiling at the camera

  • covid convict said:
    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4208388 - a crop from this pic...showing only A.V. Kewney (the chap on the left)...appeared in the Melbourne Argus on 13th October, 1930...the pic was evidently taken in Sydney on 10th October, 1930, when RMS Aorangi arrived from Vancouver. She was evidently berthed at Darling Harbour wharf No. 5. A.V. Kewney (Arthur Vaux Kewney) was then secretary of the Victoria Racing Club. At the time he was returning to Australia from a tour to Britain and Europe. The identity of the chap on the right remains a work in progress...the name on the slide appears to be 'Purdey'... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16719323 - SMH, 3rd October, 1930...the Aorangi's passenger list that appeared in the SMH has a Mr G. Purdy...so that might be him... he's not Dr John Smith Purdy (1872–1936), the Sydney Health Officer...

Two women at Victoria Barracks attending a tennis party, 26 January 1924

  • covid convict said:
    I gather this pic was taken at Victoria Barracks, in Sydney, on 11th February, 1926, when officers from the Staff Corps entertained officers from the visiting Japanese cruiser HIJMS Iwate at a tennis party. See comments/links here...I think both these women appear in this pic 5th and 3rd right respectively... www.flickr.com/photos/anmm_thecommons/7258625606/

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