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Red Cross members outside the Soldier's Memorial Hall, Drouin, Victoria

Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-

 

Title devised by cataloguer from caption on label.; Condition: Good.; Inscriptions: "U429/16. At the door of Drouin Soldier's Memorial hall after a Red Cross meeting. These women have helped to raise more than 3,000 pounds for general Red Cross funds. The hall, costing 5,000 pounds raised by local subsription, was built in 1922 in memory of 1914-18 servicemen from Drouin. Movies are held there three times a week; dances once a week." --Printed on label.; Part of the collection: Drouin town and rural life during World War II.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24294971. Left to right: Mrs Myra Wellwood, Mrs L.A. Hamley (the newsagent's wife), Mrs G. Lilley, Mrs Lillian Ringger, Mrs Ferguson, Mrs Jessica Goodie, Mrs J. Smythe, Mrs H. Holmes, Mrs H. Burns, Mrs G. Hunter.

 

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Uploaded on September 23, 2011
Taken sometime in 1944