A class photo of a group of young legatees at a gymnastics class in Kew. There are 15 boys, of various ages, in gymnastics gear, and 4 men who are instructors and Legacy members. The caption says 'This photo was taken during school holidays, hence the small attendance. Front: Eddie Robertson, Sitting: Lohn LInton, Bob Bateson, Robin Broderick, Michael Johnson, Tom Olsen, Graeme Murray, Douglas Govey. Centre: Mr Tom Mann (instructor) Legatee HJ Martin, Legatee A R Beattie, Mr J Costello (Instructor). Back: John Barker, Kerry Wisdom, Garry Thomson, Gerald Brown, Rod MacKinnon, John Shaw, Graeme Withers. Legacy clubs ran classes for junior legatees for many years. It was part of providing for the children of their deceased comrades. The skills they learned were show cased in an annual demonstration usually at the Melbourne Town Hall. It appears to be photo taken professionally, as there are several photos of different classes (see 00862 - 00867) perhaps to record Legacy classes for promotion purposes.A record of a way Legacy provided classes for junior legatees.Black and white photo of Legacy boys posing for a class photo.Printed on the back 'Kew'. Stamped 'S5337/1--' and '531' in blue ink.junior legatee, boys' classes

A photo from a newsletter from September 1953. The photo shows the Kew boys class, which met at the Kew Drill Hall on corner of High Street and Highbury Grove, Kew on Friday nights at 7.30. The instructors were Messrs Tom Mann and Jack Costello and has 53 members Front row: Eddie Robertson. Seated: John Linton, Bob Bateson, Robin Broderick, Michael Johnson, Tom Olsen, Graeme Murray, Douglas Govey. Centre: Mr Tom Man (Instructor), Legatee HJ Martin, Legatee AR Beattie, Mr J Costello (Instructor). Back: John Barker, Kerry Wisdom, Garry Thompson, Gerald Brown, Rod MacKinnon, John Shaw, Graeme Withers. Other names mentioned in the article include new boys, Alan Bateson, Douglas Govey, John Linton, Robert Bateson, Evan Houston, Robert Ritchie, Robin Broderick, John Huxtable. It also gives the phone numbers of Legatees AR Beattie, HJ Martin, A Crawford and RS Isherwood in case a reader would like their son to attend a class. The article mentions that the photos of the boys classes were donated to Legacy by Mr John Beckett of Sandringham. Individual photos being catalogued to record detail about each one.The newsletter outlining news of Junior Legatee activities with mentions of boys by name.Black and white photo of the Kew boys class printed in a newsletter in September 1953.junior legatees, boys classes