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Australian Rifle Team, Bisley, 1937

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1937

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Historical information

“Australian Rifle Team, Bisley, 1937”
“Winners of Kolapore Cup and Empire Trophies”
Standing: WT Collyer (South Australia), Pat Lee (New South Wales)
Seated: CH Mues (Victoria) PM Gillies (Tasmania), PA Pavey (Victoria), Col. Sir Charles Merrett, Kt, CBE, VD (Commandant, Vitoria), AS Spencer (Adjutant, New South Wales), WG Duncan (Shooting Captain, Queensland), CE Armstrong (Queensland), HI Motton (New South Wales)
Sitting on ground: RE Wallace (Western Australia), PG Matthews (Queensland), AR Aikenhead (Victoria), W Mellows (Western Australia), W Lucas (South Australia), HG James (News South Wales).

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Registration number

cwa-org-205-2023.106

Width

570 mm

Height or length

540 mm

Inscriptions and markings

“Australian Rifle Team, Bisley, 1937”
“Winners of Kolapore Cup and Empire Trophies”
Standing: WT Collyer (South Australia), Pat Lee (New South Wales)
Seated: CH Mues (Victoria) PM Gillies (Tasmania), PA Pavey (Victoria), Col. Sir Charles Merrett, Kt, CBE, VD (Commandant, Vitoria), AS Spencer (Adjutant, New South Wales), WG Duncan (Shooting Captain, Queensland), CE Armstrong (Queensland), HI Motton (New South Wales)
Sitting on ground: RE Wallace (Western Australia), PG Matthews (Queensland), AR Aikenhead (Victoria), W Mellows (Western Australia), W Lucas (South Australia), HG James (News South Wales).

Contextual Information

This photo includes a number of people that had a long and distinguished contribution to the sport. They include CH Mues (manufacturer of rifle sights), Pat Lee and P A Pavey (King's PM winners and State & National team representatives on numerous occasions), Sir Charles Merrett (founder of the NRAA and able administrator), WG Duncan (memorialised in the name of the HQ rifle range in Queensland) and W Mellows (high;y success full WA shooter and representative of WA on many occasions).

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