John Bryden Wells family films

Accession Number F11531
Collection type Film
Measurement 18 min 20 sec
Object type Home movie
Physical description 8mm standard/b&w/silent
Maker Wells, John Bryden
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Wollongong
Date made 1942, 1954, 1955
Access Open
Conflict Period 1950-1959
Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Source credit to This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.
Description

Filmed in the back of John Bryden Wells' parents' home in 34 Smith Street Wollongong NSW on the day that John Bryden Wells returned from the disastrous Greece and Crete evacuations of April/May 1941. Family members : Father, J B Wells senior. Sister, Tib, (Mrs N Hynd). Brother in law S/P105 Mate John Reginald Mackreth submarine boom defence Sydney Harbour. Siblings (L-R) Essie Mackreth. William Gill Wells (later 432298 Warrant Officer RAAF. Mother Fanny Wells. John Bryden Wells 2/4 Battalion AIF. High jinks. J B Wells and seventeen year old brother W G Wells. J Mackreth. Parents of J B Wells. WG Wells. [Colour begins] Filmed post Korean War circa 1954 at 17 Taronga Avenue Wollongong, NSW home of Brother W G Wells (J B Wells never married). Daughters of WG Wells in opening scenes. Mrs Fanny Wells. WG Wells. Fishing camp Currawong NSW.
Father and sister in law of J B Wells. Nephew. Brothers W G and J B Wells back in Wollongong, family members (Donor of film D J Hynd)
Two sisters Essie ( front ) and Tib (rear). Sister Tib Hynd and Mother. Parents of J B Wells. G W Wells. Family group J B Wells behind his father
Nieces (daughters of W G Wells) c1954. Parents J B Wells senior and Fanny Wells. c1955 two nieces with friends. Two nieces sister-in-law right
Sister in law Mrs G W Wells. J B Wells with brother (wearing hat) and nephew. J B Wells and W G with hat. J B Wells and niece. School scenes Mt St Thomas Primary School Wollongong NSW c1955. G W Wells and wife. Mr J B Wells senior. W G Wells

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