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You Could BANK On It! A Banker's Life or Where there's money, there's crime.
An excellent publication
just released and written by retired officer William (Bill) Watson. Have you
ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at your local bank? This is the
story that will tell you. It tells
you of crooks on both sides of the counter in a tale interwoven with the
biography of an ordinary bank officer striving to rise through the internal
investigate ranks of banks in two countries, migrating from the land of his
birth with the hope of bettering himself in
Australia. It discloses the tactics
of senior management when downsizing staff numbers in the 1990s. It is a story
which will strike a chord with many bankers displaced from their positions in
recent years. It might even prick the conscience of those who did the
displacing. It also contains comments on lowered lending standards which led to
the "sub-prime" - triggered financial debacle of 2008. Incidental background
provides historical insight to the decades during which the story unfolds.
This book is a must, only limited supplies exist. Available direct from the author for $20.00 plus postage. Send your order and remittance to W H Watson, 431 Wright Road, Valley View, South Australia 5093
Email: bijo431@bigpond.com Phone (08) 8284 6355
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THE BANK OF ADELAIDE BOOK OF BRANCHES
NOW AVAILABLE - LIMITED SUPPLIES
The Bank of Adelaide book fully illustrated on Bank Branches is now available from Mick Vort-Ronald, 3 Graves Street, Kadina, SA 5554.It contains over 100 pages with some 200 photographs of early Branches of the Bank, including a number of Agency premises. The date the Branch was opened and closed has also been included along with the name of the first Branch Manager. This book is a must for all former The Bank of Adelaide officers - a wealth of historical information.
Mick can be contacted on (08) 8821 2906 : The book is priced at $22.00 plus $3.00 postage. Excellent value.
The English, Scottish and
Australian Bank and it's cheques book is
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Just Released and Now
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Vale : Eric Jack Jarrett
Born : 19th August 1926 Died 17th November 2009
We mourn the passing of Eric Jarrett at the age of 83 years. The following biographic on Eric appeared in The Bank of Adelaide Staff Magazine on the 17th December 1975.
Eric Jarrett, our Sub-Manager, Adelaide Office,
spent most of his early days in the northern part of South Australia. He was
born at Port Augusta, where his family had lived since the early days of that
town. His father was employed on the Central Australia Railway, firstly near
Alice Springs and later at Port Augusta, and when he retired he was in charge of
the pay for all departments of the railways.
In Eric's early years in the town, its population was about 3,000 people. As progress came, so too came the end of the windjammers which had called for grain destined for England; the camel trains which carried supplies to Marree; rabbit plagues, and red dust storms which you had to experience to realise how severe they were and to dread when the first signs of their coming appeared.
Eric attended the Port Augusta Primary and High Schools, and he was a Prefect and House Captain at the latter. After leaving school, Eric, like eighty per cent of other school leavers in the town, joined the Commonwealth Railways as a Junior Clerk with the Engineer of Way and Works Branch. Part of the 'compulsory' training was a six months term as a shorthand-typist, and he tells us that with the pleasant company this was no great hardship.
He continued to study shorthand with a view to becoming a Court reporter, but after struggling to 140 words per minute, realised it was a hopeless task. He still practices to keep his hand in. Eric recalls some of the interesting aspects of his time with the railways and says that part of his work entailed the preparation of time sheets for railway gangs working on the lines to Alice Springs and Parkeston (near Kalgoorlie). As these lines were subject to washaways, it happened on occasions that they would receive a sheet showing that an employee had worked a twenty-five hour day and others showing that a person had worked three or four, twenty-four hour days straight. He says that the twenty-five hour days, although no doubt a good try, were amended to the more conventional twenty-four hours, and after a frown the three or four days without sleep were passed over.
It was not until his turn came to work in one of the more remote areas of Australia, and he was able to see the trying conditions that men experienced, that he changed his outlook. He believes it taught him to be more tolerant and understanding. In 1946 he transferred to the North Australia railway as a shorthand typist-clerk to the Manager stationed at Katherine (two hundred miles south of Darwin). The railway controlled a two hundred and fifty mile stretch of line traversed by trains which felt as though they were fitted with triangular wheels. Those who have experienced the trip would be in full agreement with him.
The sport at Katherine was cricket, which was played on ground almost too hot to stand on, hence the players were always on the move. The Katherine River was always a good place to cool off, or to catch a few fish - that is, if you didn't mind the crocodiles. He can tell us many stories about the town of Katherine. The 'highlight' of life in the town was the arrival of the once-a-week train which carried a variety of passengers and cargo. For a place with two hotels, three stores, four houses, a police lock-up, and two railway camps, he says 'What else could they do? Well,....'
A most terrifying sight as a newcomer was to see a nomadic tribe of Aborigines, approximately fifty-sixty strong, with six spears apiece and approximately one hundred dogs and numerous children (too fast to count) being escorted through town on their annual 'walkabout'. He participated in the first tennis tournament in the town after the war years. It had four competitors who quickly satisfied their egos and joined the ranks in the local.
The prospect of a six-year term at Katherine caused a change of occupation, and he joined The Bank of Adelaide at Crystal Brook on the 20th January, 1947 under Ben Baker, who he says, was an excellent tutor. He was subsequently transferred to Kimba, where he met his wife, Mary, whose parents were early settlers in the Hundred of Mosely, Kimba. His wife is a very keen tennis player, and is the top lady at Kensington Gardens in mid-week competition. She is a former Country Tennis Champion, represented South Australia in an interstate match, and was 'champ' in each town in which they spent time. Eric says 'he would still put a "quid" on her'.
The Jarrett's have two children; a daughter Dianne (Mrs Greg Strike), who works for the Bank of New South Wales, and a son, Peter, who is employed by our Bank at Glynde Branch. The whole family are keen tennis players and the two children play for Hectorville. Subsequent transfers from Kimba were to Yankalilla and Cleve. In 1954 he was appointed Accountant at Crystal Brook, and this was followed by managerial appointments at Owen, Cleve and Woodside. From Woodside he was transferred to Accountant, Melbourne Office. He returned to South Australia as Manager of Gawler Place Branch, then Manager, North Terrace Branch, before appointment to his present position, which he has held for two years.
A keen sportsman, Eric played cricket, football, table-tennis, and reluctantly agreed that he had represented all towns in which he was posted in inter-association competitions. Swimming is another of his achievements. He has three life-saving medals, has swum in the State titles and several finals, and won the Old Buffers' Race, Combined Banks, Melbourne, 1967, in record time. He is also an ex-President of Apex.
Today, Eric is happy to play social tennis at the Kensington Gardens Club and on his own grass court, and enjoys playing Contact Bridge with the SA Bridge Club. He is also a keen gardener and has a large, beautiful garden.
As a Banker, he is a person who can be relied upon to give a smile and a word of encouragement to all with whom he comes in contact.
He is survived by his wife Mary and family.
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Vale : David Richard Letcher
Born : 6th February 1921 Died 15th December 2008
We mourn the passing of Dick Letcher at the age
of 87 years and 10 months. The following biographic on Dick appeared in
The Bank of Adelaide Staff Magazine on the 25th September 1974.
The curtain raiser to the 1942 Grand Final played on the Adelaide Oval was between the Army and the Air Force, and appearing on the wing for the Army was a nippy Gunner. Although not quite as quick over the first ten yards as he was then, our Senior Inspector / Chief Auditor, David Richard Letcher, still maintains a life-long interest in sport. Dick was born on the 6th February 1921, at Semaphore, where his father was the Manager of the local branch of The Savings Bank of South Australia. It is interesting to note the similarity in aspects of the careers of father and son as Semaphore was Mr Letcher Senior's first managerial appointment (only a few miles from Dick's first branch of Port Adelaide) and he later became a Senior Inspector with that bank.
At LeFevre Peninsula Primary School he first met Mr Maurice C. Sampson, now our Melbourne Manager, and an early interest in cricket was fostered by Tim Wall, a member of the Australian cricket team and a teacher at the school in 1926. Two years later the family moved to Kapunda where Dick and his two brothers attended the local primary school and then, leading a typical banker's nomadic life, their father was transferred to Port Lincoln and the Letcher family was on the move again. The Headmaster of the Port Lincoln Primary School at that time was the father of our previous General Manager, Mr R.B. Nancarrow. Dick completed his primary education and commenced attendance at the local High School.
Then it happened again. A transfer back to Adelaide and Dick attended Prince Alfred College until, in 1938, he obtained a position with the Bank and began his career in the then Head Office Tellers Department, the predecessor of what is now Clearing Department. Shortly after Dick commenced work, a gentleman named Ron R. Coney took over the department and life was never quite the same again. Dick has fond memories of his early days with the bank, and regrets that many of the young men with whom he worked are no longer with us. Their photos may be seen under the memorial plaque in the passageway leading to the Ladies Lunch Room at Head Office.
Among his memories of those early days is one of the interest that was taken in football and other sports in the banks prior to the war. Dick himself played for a team representing the Combined Banks in the Amateur League, and among his team-mates were Peter W Hastwell, now Southern Divisional Inspector, and J.B. Bennett, Manager of Glynde Branch. After seeing service at Angaston, Mannum and Sedan, where his Manager was Mr L.A. Marshman, Dick enlisted in the Army in 1942. He recalls that one of the early highlights of life in the armed forces was being ordered to bed-down on a palliasse in the Fruit and Flowers Pavillion at the Wayville Showgrounds. Having made himself comfortable, he rolled over and discovered that sleeping alongside him for the night was the late Mr Joe Wright. In between representing the Army at cricket and football, Dick saw service in an artillery unit in New Guinea and Borneo.
Returning to civilian life in 1946, he resumed duties in the Bank at Sydney Office and once again found himself working with Mr L.A. Marshman. During his four years in that city, he played competitive cricket for the Manly Club and has vivid memories of practice nights as the opening fast bowlers for the Manly first team were Messrs Miller, Walker and Brooks, all in the New South Wales State side. Moving to Melbourne, where Mr Marshman was then Manager, Dick joined the Richmond Cricket Club and kept an active interest in the game although, he says, his top cricketing days were over by then.
After fourteen years in Melbourne, his longest stay to date in any one spot, Dick was appointed Manager of Port Adelaide Branch and returned to live in South Australia in December, 1964, after an absence of over twenty years. From Port Adelaide he was appointed a Branch Inspector, and he has recently moved to his present position in charge of the newly formed Internal Audit Department. A 'non-confirmed' bachelor, as he puts it, he is still active on the sports-field and enjoys a set of tennis, or a round of golf at the Grange Golf Club where he is a member. He is also a member of the South Australian Cricket Association and has enjoyed many afternoons at the Adelaide Oval over the years.
As well, he is a great lover of travel and has visited many parts of the world while on leave. In fact, he is at present on a short overseas holiday. If the photograph on the previous page looks rather familiar, have a look at the current Interest Bearing Deposit advertising leaflet. Dick is the man behind the finger. Having recently concluded his fiftieth branch inspection, Dick is well known to the majority of our staff. he is a companionable man and brings to his work a friendliness that is appreciated by all with whom he comes in contact. We wish him well in his new appointment as he bats on into his second half-century.
Vale : Ian Roger Conolly
Born : 9th March 1941 Died 19th August 2008
We mourn the passing of Ian
Conolly on the 19th August 2008 former officer of The Bank of Adelaide. Ian Conolly
died of multiple myeloma, began his working life as the postboy for John Martins
store and became one of the state's greatest tourism entrepreneurs. His legacy
includes 17 tourism properties around the State, which he either owned or acted
as a consultant. Collectively, they had an enormous impact on rejuvenating the
state's tourism industry.
As founder and managing director of the Conolly Group, he had a tool to create so much for the hospitality industry through his vision, drive and passion. He was a member of the Tourism Minister's Round Table and acted as a consultant, sometimes without fee, to many small, struggling tourist operations. In 2004, SA's tourism awarded him the Outstanding Contribution to Tourism by an Individual award. The brightest jewels in the Conolly Group property crown were the Clare Country Club (the first project by the group of investors) and the McCracken Country Club.
Ian Roger Conolly was adopted in wartime England by Jim and Mary Conolly and raised in Yorkshire until he was 15, when his parents migrated to Adelaide seeking better opportunities for Ian and his younger sister Carol. Ian went straight to work with John Martins as postage boy.
After two years, he decided he wanted to be a banker. He joined The Bank of Adelaide and soon was posted to Crystal Brook where he met Helen McDonald and where they married on the 11th September 1965. The newly-weds drove his blue Volkswagen on the dirt road across the Nullarbor Plain to his posting in Western Australia. Hobart followed, where he helped open a new branch but, after three years, he returned to Adelaide as a bank manager, managing various country and city branches. After 22 years in the bank, he made another remarkable transition.
He resigned to form a partnership with a customer who owned a motel and embarked on hospitality industry projects. His first operation was the Squires Inn in Wellington, New Zealand and the Blue Lake Motel in Mount Gambier. Both were sold and the partners acquired the Highway One and the Myoora Motel in Port Augusta. When they parted company, Ian purchased the Travelway Motel in Port Pirie, later sold it and bought the Flinders Range Motor Inn, followed by the Aviators Lodge, West Beach. When that sold, he bought the John Pirie Motor Inn, which the family still owns.
He assisted owners of the Kadina Gateway Motel, the Country Inn in Whyalla, the Wilderness Lodge on Kangaroo Island, the Haven at Glenelg and the Sands Motel in Adelaide. Ian was managing director of the Glendambo Outback Hotel / Motel for 20 years and it won state and national tourism awards. He formed the Conolly Group in 1990 by gathering together a group of investors to tackle larger projects.
Despite all he achied, he was proudest of the group's first project - the multi-million dollar Clare Country Club. It was built "from scratch" on vacant land between the lake and the golf course and opened in 1994 - another award-winning development.
Ian's widow, Helen, describes him as having a quiet, gentle nature, a man who made time to connect with staff al all properties. In 2004, he sought and met his biological mother, Mary Jones, a half-sister and an extended family in his native Halifax and visited Mary several times. He is survived by Helen and his children Linda, Trudie, and Wade, in-laws Brenton and Hayley and four grandchildren.
Vale : George Richardson Greig
We mourn the passing of George Greig on the 11th August 2008 at the age of 77 years. Early in his banking career he worked at Loxton Branch of The Bank of Adelaide for about two and a half years, but then came back to Adelaide because of specialist medical treatment. he sat for and got his Licensed Land Broker's certificate and probably his Bankers Institute degree too. George worked with Murray Healey for many years. After his retirement from the Bank, he worked part time for the Bank in the same Department. He is survived by his wife Maureen and family.
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VALE : Trevor John Jeffs
We mourn the passing of Trevor on the 16th January 2008. Aged 67 Years 7 Months. Deepest sympathy to Helen and family.
Trevor joined The Bank of Adelaide at Kapunda on the 15th April 1957 and retired on the 30th April 1992.
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CONGRATULATIONS GEOFF LOVEDAY COMPLETES BIKE RIDE AND RAISES IN EXCESS OF $10,000 FOR PROSTATE CANCER.
Diary of bike ride from Adelaide to Coffs Harbour NSW which commenced on Sunday 22nd April and finished on 2nd May 2007.
Preamble ride similar to one taken in October 1988 (19 years ago) where I raised some $5000 for the Heart Foundation.
Both rides were undertaken without any support vehicle or
other assistance with the plan to carry my own supplies, clothes and bedding.
Prior to the ride I had the bike checked out by Super Elliott’s and replaced the tyres and chain etc.
The bike was a Giant Hybrid which is a fairly light weight mountain bike not a racing bike. The bike was 13 months old and had done 12500 kilometres in that time.
All items were held in panniers on the back of the bike or on a small basket on the handlebars.
DAY 1.
I Left Valley View at 7.00am and arrived at Gawler at 8.30 for Breakfast which was the same each day "Sustain" with Iced Coffee on it.
Truro at 10 30 Iced Coffee
Blanchtown 1.00 Pie and Iced Coffee
Waikerie 3.15 Set up tent then dinner at the Waikerie Hotel and in bed by 8.30.
It had been cool all day with a moderate cross wind and I completed 167 kilometres. I did have a cold and coughed a fair bit in the night.
DAY 2
Watch alarm went off at 6.00 and packed up tent etc and left
at 7.00.
Very cool and cloudy with strong head wind.
Breakfast at Barmera on the lake at 9.30
Lunch at Paringa 2 Bananas and Iced Coffee at 11.30
Pitched tent at Lake Cullulleraine at 4.30
Walked to local road house for dinner (only shop in town) and
ordered spring roll, chips and gravy to help them down followed by grapes and
iced coffee for desert.
I was the only person in the RSL park and found the water in the showers was cold and also in each shower cubical there was a frog either on the bench or shower curtain. I was only in the shower for the minimum of time and kept a watch on the frogs around my clothes.
In bed by 7.45 after travelling 170 km for the day.
DAY 3
Packed up and on the road by 7.00 and arrived at Mildura at 9.45 for breakfast, Sustain and Iced Coffee.
Lunch was on the road and consisted of Bananas, Grapes and
Iced Coffee
Arrived at Euston at 3.00 set up camp and had the luxury of
dinner in the Euston Club
Rain forecast for next day and locals were getting excited, but not me.
In bed by 8.30 after travelling 138 km in cool windy conditions.
DAY 4
Had set alarm for 5.30 as mornings were getting lighter due to eastward travel so packed up and left Euston at 6.45 in semi darkness to start across the flat plains.
Reached Balranald at 11.00 for lunch but all shops had just
closed for the local Anzac day march and would not open again until march was
completed so I moved out of town to the roadhouse and enjoyed Iced Coffee for
lunch.
Rode another 132 km to Hay (no shops) and arrived there after dark at 6.30 which was no fun riding on the Hay Plains for nearly an hour in the dark.
Set up camp and had a shower then walked to the local pub for
tea at 7.30 only to be told that the cook may have gone
home. However the cook
had not gone so I got a Chicken Schnitzel which was the first food since
breakfast nearly 12 hours earlier. As the dining room had been closed I had to
eat the meal in the bar with the local smokers;
In bed alongside toilets by nine after covering a further 213 km in the day
DAY 5
Again left early and made arrangements with friends to meet me
somewhere along the way with lunch as they were travelling home from Coffs
Harbour and our paths were to cross today.
Met them near Goolgowi and had lunch in their caravan, a lovely tomato sandwich and grapes plus a cup of tea. They also brought me some grapes bananas and iced coffee from West Wyalong.
Said good bye to them and travelled on to Rankin Springs arrived at 3.45 and set up camp in the very basic caravan park.
Pub across the road supplied dinner and the publican even lent me his phone to ring home as no cdma coverage in Rankin Springs.
Early to bed and had covered 165 km for the day.
DAY 6
At about 2.00 heard the dreaded sound on the tent which
quickly became steady rain. Got up at 5.30 and put the bike in the toilet block
and proceeded to break camp trying to keep everything reasonably dry as I
packed
. On my way in the steady rain by 6.45 headed for Weethalle some 40 km away for
breakfast. Arrived there at 9.00 only to find that the only shop in the town had
closed down so I spoke to some guys in a workshop and managed to get some milk
out of their fridge to add
to my Sustain. Ate this in the street under a shelter
in the rain.
Travelled on to West Wyalong in the rain and arrived at 1.15.
Decided to call it a day and booked into a Motel and spent the afternoon trying
to dry the tent and my clothes. My target stop had been Forbes 105 km away
Rain continued to fall all afternoon and I got very wet walking to the local club for dinner.
Distance travelled for the day 93 km. but I had passed the half way mark.
DAY 7
Left at 6.30, plenty of water around but only light drizzle (local said they had had over 50 mils) Breakfast at Marsden which is not a town any more only a fork in the road leading to Orange or Dubbo.
Normal lunch in Parkes and arrived in Peake Hill at 4.30 for
the night.
Weather conditions were cold all day but for the first time the wind was more favourable so I covered 189 km.
Dinner ordered at the RSL at 6.45, sign on wall said that meals would take some time to cook but at 7.45 I enquired about mine and sure enough they had lost the order but no apology to an outsider.
DAY 8
Again left at 6.30 and the weather was fine and cool with a genuine tail wind for the first time.
Arrived at Dubbo at 10.00 for morning tea which had been my target stop for the previous night so I was picking up time. After Dubbo I decided to take a short cut to bypass Gilgandra but very isolated country and quite poor road surface.
Stopped for a pit stop during the morning and front wheel got stuck in the mud and I fell off the bike and skinned my elbow but it could have been much worse as I actually finished on my back with the bike still attached to my leg.
Later in the morning a piece of my washing that was on the back of the bike to dry (a sock) fell off and lodged between my chain and back cogs. I had to wreck the sock to get it out but fortunately no damage.
Had lunch at Menduran at 1.30 only town on the short cut and
they did not sell flavoured milk so only a banana for lunch on the steps of the
local tennis clubhouse.
Arrived at Coonabarabran at 5.15 almost dark and settled into a motel on the outskirts of town. Walked into town for dinner (30 minutes each way along the unlit highway) but had some lovely prawns for my meal.
This was the day that I covered the most kilometres 216 and caught up the time lost at West Wyalong.
DAY 9
Left 6.30 and had breakfast at Mullalay decided to buy a couple of Bananas which cost me $1.50 each for 2 tiny over ripe specimens.
Starting to get hilly from then on and noticed that the chain
was jumping when riding in lower gear so called into bike shop at Gunnedah and
had adjustment to chain tension ($10) and on to Tamworth. I stopped just outside
of Tamworth and took photo of bike against sign of Tamworth Music Festival and
fortunately checked my tyres when I was about to ride as I had at least 10 three
corner jacks in the tyres which I carefully removed before riding (had I not
checked the tyres the result would have been disastrous )
Had a little rain when I arrived but it appeared to be in
front of me on this occasion.
Spent the night in a truckies motel with brown pillow and brown sheets and enough light from the globe to see the spiders in the corners of the room.
I travelled 194 km for the day and knew that the next day would be the hardest to date.
DAY 10
Left daggy motel at 6.15 and travelled to Moombi and purchased
my Iced Coffee at the local service station and prepared myself for the ride up
the hill altitude at the bottom was 300 metres. I spent the next
hour and a
quarter standing on the peddles and travelling at about 4 km. I stopped once for
a minute on the 11 kilometre climb and not game to stop again. Willunga Hill is
just a breeze.. I arrived at Uralla (Captain Thunderbolt’s home at 11.15 for
lunch. Uralla is 1200 metres so in the 80 Kilometres from Tamworth to Uralla you
climb 900 metres almost a Kilometre.
On to Armidale where it was cold but fine.
Motel owner said a good cheap Steak was available at the St
Kilda pub around the corner so that’s where I headed for Dinner
Was a bit dim inside but I ordered a schooner of Tooheys New and then asked to order my steak only to be told that the power had gone off in the kitchen and until it went back on they were not taking orders. Drank my beer and saw no life in the kitchen so walked out and to the next pub down the street. Ushered to a table and looked at the menu and selected a steak cost $29.50. They must have known the power was out up the road anyway it was very nice.
Total distance covered for the day 109km distance to next shop 80 km which was the reason for stopping early plus the hard ride.
DAY 11
Last day. Left at 6.15 temperature was 2 degrees but had a big hill to leave Armidale so with my singlet on (first time) and my spray jacket I had warmed up within the first half hour.
Breakfast at Woolomombee morning Iced Coffee at Ebor and lunch, usual at Dorrigo which is at the top of the Great Dividing Range .
From then on it was all down hill, 12 kilometres from top to
the bottom but very steep in parts .Everything was very green and the
temperature was around 28 degrees by the time I reached the bottom.
Then travelled 20 kilometres along the Pacific Highway and reached my destination at 3.45 after travelling 188 kilometres for the day.
DETAILS
Total distance covered 1842 Kilometres
Total cost for food and accommodation $625
Time to fly home Coffs/Adelaide via Sydney 4.40
Actual flying time 3.30
Cost of flight $317 including bike.
Amount collected for Prostate Cancer Research in excess of $9000 to date
Target now $10.000 Your donation will help.
The seawater and swim at Coffs Harbour was great.
Geoff Loveday, 33 York Street Valley View, SA 5093 :Phone 08 8263 7202
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The E.S. & A. BANK "Scottie Reunion Luncheon"
Wednesday 15th
October 2008
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Pictured Left Lew Pfeiffer at The Bank of Adelaide, Cambrai Agency in 1956. This building was of galvanised iron and not lined, so you can imagine how hot it was during the harsh summer months.
Pictured at left children at the Cambrai School taken in 1952.
Photo Supplied by Russell Nuske,pictured 1st on left back row.
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