Photograph of soldiers in uniform in front of Victoria Hotel, Tarnagulla, Soldiers in uniform in front of Victoria Hotel, Tarnagulla, 8th November, 1919, 8 November 1919

Historical information

Murray Comrie Collection.

Subjects are posed in front of a building known locally as Victoria Hotel, now the Tarnagulla Public Hall..

Physical description

Monochrome photograph of soldiers in uniform assembled in front of Victoria Hotel, in the main street of Tarnagulla.

The men in uniform are all returned soldiers from the Tarnagulla district. They were drawn together to form the Guard of Honour on the occasion of the unveiling of the nearby War Memorial.

Accompanied by a note that gives the following names:
(Left to Right)
Back Row: 1. _________ 2. George Graham 3. _____________ 4. Bob Clark 5. Joe Harwood

Middle Row: 1. W. Kilgour 2. Perc. Ison 3. Lew Allen 4. Sam Patterson 5. Harry Bool 6. Bob Abbott 7. Will Smith

Front Row: 1. Arthur Whimpey 2. Sgt ___ Graham 3. Les Radnell 4. Dave Roper 5. Fred Jackson 6. Bill James (David Gordon notes: This is not William James. He had been KIA by the time of the photograph.)


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