Historical information
Two copies of a pamphlet for the ceremony of the Third Ordnance Services Unit ‘Exercising the Right of the Freedom of Entry to the City of Caulfield’ held on 23/10/1983. The pamphlet includes a brief history of the unit’s association with the City of Caulfield, a list of individuals holding posts within the Unit, text of the scroll conferring the Freedom of Entry on the Unit, a program of the ceremony, a brief history of the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps including the Unit’s use of 75 Kooyong Road as their premises, a brief history of the City of Caulfield from 1937-postwar years, and an explanation of the tradition of conferring Freedom of Entry to a city.
The pamphlet includes also:
1/A black and white photograph (47x35mm) of the Mayor of Caulfield, W.R. Walters, undated and unattributed.
2/A black and white photograph (81x69mm) of Major A.G. Storen, Commanding Officer of the Third Ordnance Services Unit, undated and unattributed.
3/A color photograph (88x84mm) of the Sovereign’s Banner, undated and unattributed.
4/A black and white copy (137x87mm) of the scroll conferring Freedom of Entry into the City of Caulfield, which was seated August 4 1978.
5/A color illustration (30x32mm) of the City of Caulfield Coat of Arms.
6/A color illustration (40x32mm) of the Third Ordnance Services Unit, Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps Coat of Arms.
7/A black and white illustration (21x24mm) of the city of Caulfield Coat of Arms.
8/A black and white illustration (19x14mm) of the City of Caulfield badge.
9/A black and white illustration (22x31mm) of the City of Caulfield banner.
Subjects
- walters w.r.,
- storen a.g. major,
- finning d.j. captain,
- hately p.g. major,
- davidson j. (captain),
- swendson r. (second lieutenant),
- caulfield,
- city of caulfield,
- australian army,
- the third ordnance services unit royal australian army ordnance corps,
- caulfield park,
- caulfield council,
- north caulfield,
- campton e.j. (brigadier),
- walters w.r. mrs.,
- calder g.k.,
- calder g.k. mrs.,
- mahon j. (chief superintendent),
- city hall,
- balaclava road,
- hawthorn road,
- glen eira road,
- hartley avenue,
- kooyong road,
- caulfield racecourse,
- caulfield town hall,
- alma road,
- red cheques cab company,
- army headquarters printing press,
- searchlight company,
- amenities store,
- armoured replacement unit,
- first base printing company r.a.a.o.c.,
- garden vale,
- caulfield railway station,
- paddy’s swamp,
- great dandenong road,
- glen ferrie road,
- dandenong road,
- east caulfield reserve,
- caulfield military hospital,
- ‘glen eira’,
- town hall,
- ‘war office’,
- caulfield district road board,
- shire of caulfield,
- caulfield recruiting committee for volunteers,
- city repatriation committee,
- red cross emergency service,
- women’s national service,
- mayor’s patriotic fund,
- promotions committee for war savings certificates,
- war savings group scheme,
- ‘the gazette’,
- air raid precautions committee,
- orrong road,
- armed forces,
- world war 1939-1945,
- local government,
- parades and processions,
- military reserves,
- world war 1914-1918,
- councillors,
- events and activities,
- historic events,
- official events,
- caulfield john,
- wyne agar,
- murphy (mayor),
- hale p.,
- ison (captain),
- fisher andrew,
- morris t.w. (mayor)
