Group portrait of five Hutton brothers and their sister in front of a welcome home sign, ...

Place Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Adelaide
Accession Number P01237.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Australia: South Australia, Adelaide
Date made c October 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of five Hutton brothers and their sister in front of a welcome home sign, following the men's return from the Second World War. Left to right: back row: Private Alan Pavy Hutton, 2/4th Army Field Workshops, Kathleen Hutton (sister) and Private Peter Abbott Hutton, 2/43rd Battalion; front row: Paul Hutton (Peter's twin), Private Colin Walter Hutton, 12th Recovery Section, 2/4th Field Workshop, and Private George Hay Hutton, 2/2nd Army Field Workshop. Mrs. B.E. Hutton was the first mother in South Australia to receive a medal from the Department of Defence in recognition of five of her sons having left Australia on active service abroad. Shown here are four of these sons. Private Douglas Wylde Hutton, 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, is not shown and Paul Hutton did not serve abroad.