WONDECLA, QLD. 12 MARCH 1943. GROUP PORTRAIT OF THE SPORTS CHAMPIONS OF THE 16TH INFANTRY BRIGADE ...

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Accession Number 065710
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker McInnes, Geoffrey
Date made 12 March 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

WONDECLA, QLD. 12 MARCH 1943. GROUP PORTRAIT OF THE SPORTS CHAMPIONS OF THE 16TH INFANTRY BRIGADE SPORTS CARNIVAL HELD AT THE HERBERTON RACECOURSE. A TOTAL NUMBER OF 110 POINTS WERE SCORED, WHICH INCLUDED 17 FIRSTS, 10 SECONDS AND 8 THIRDS. THE 2/3RD INFANTRY BATTALION SCORED 47 POINTS, THE 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION 43 POINTS AND THE BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS 3 POINTS. NOTE - SALVATION ARMY RED SHIELD HUT IN THE BACKGROUND.