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Hunt to name faces

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CHARLEVILL­E: A group of 65 men stood in front of the original Charlevill­e RSL subbranch for this photo, but today only two of their names are known.

Records show the World War I veterans came from across the west to be there, from as far as Miles at least, some time in the 1920s or 1930s. But aside from that, there is precious little informatio­n.

Since finding the photo, Julie Gundry has been on the hunt to connect faces to their rightful names.

“My grandfathe­r is in the photo, and it is part of our family history. He had it and then my father had it,” she said.

“As it turns out, both my grandfathe­r and my husband’s grandfathe­r are both in the picture.

“On the back it says it was printed by the Western Photograph­ic Studio in Charlevill­e.” Having reached out to the Charlevill­e RSL president George Donohue, Mrs Gundry said she hoped others in the community might recognise the faces.

Email rslcharlev­ille@gmail.com if you have informatio­n on it.

 ?? Photo: ?? ON THE HUNT: The Charlevill­e RSL is looking for the names of these 65 unnamed men stand in front of the original building.
Photo: ON THE HUNT: The Charlevill­e RSL is looking for the names of these 65 unnamed men stand in front of the original building.

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