Military Camp at Rutherford. Identified is on the left hand side of the gun on the right is, 58 ...

Accession Number P10517.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Rutherford, Rutherford Camp
Date made c 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Military Camp at Rutherford. Identified is on the left hand side of the gun on the right is, 58 Private (Pte) William (Bill) Martin Kelly, 9th Machine Gun Battalion, of Balmain, NSW. A tailor prior to enlistment Pte Kelly embarked from Sydney, aboard HMAT Benalla (A24) on 1 May, 1916. Prior to service Pte Kelly also had an outstanding football career and made an international appearance as a centre for Australia in the first Test against England at the Royal Agricultural Ground, Syndey. He made further representative appearances for NSW in 1915 and captain-coached an undefeated Balmain Tigers side to the club's first premiership victory season in 1915. He survived the war and returned to Australia under a medical discharge on 12 June 1916. The Rutherford area was first used for training by the citizen's force in the years prior to the First World War. It remained in use through the inter-war period and during the Second World War was used for the training of both AIF and militia troops.

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