Yallourn War Workers

Year (OLD)
1943

This rare photograph was unearthed in the ‘Weekly Times’ under the heading of ‘Yallourn War Workers.’
Caption: ‘ Committee of Yallourn Women's National Emergency Fund, which has sent 1380 parcels to local servicemen and women, and 2600 knitted garments for the Red Cross and A.C.F. : Mesdames B.T. Drummond (Sec.), W.G. Monteith, R. A Hunt (President), H.W. Lynch, R. McGowan (Treasurer), C. Tinker, C.M. Smith, C.T. Habich, E. Madden, W. Kerr, C.F. Jolliffe, L. Dann.”

Yallourn RSL Cricket Team 1947

Year (OLD)
1947
Relationship

Back Row in whites: Hugh Crawley, Harold Beney, E Barlow, P Harris, D Proctor (at end in suit - possibly D Clemmens)
Middle Row: H Whitehead, B English, D Gray, M Harvey
Front Row: W Griffiths, Norm LeLievre, D Blennerhasset

Note the tank in the background - would this be the hospital in the distance behind No 1 Oval?

Photo from Neil Crawley