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Claremont Museum > Records

BERT CONGDON, LETTER CARRIER, PMG CLAREMONT

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c. 1920

Overview

B & W copy print of Bert (Bertie) Congdon, dressed in his Letter Carrier's uniform, holding onto his bicyle. Building and garden in background. He wears a peaked cap, jacket buttoned down the front, trousers and calf high boots. He has a mail satchel over his left shoulder and letters in his left hand. A rolled up bag is tied onto the handlebars of his bicycle.

Historical information

Bert (Bertie) Congdon joined the PMG department at the Claremont Post Office in 1913. He served in the AIF in World War I. He returned to the postal service after the war and was serving with them at the outbreak of World War II. He married Eileen Pearl Trenberth in 1921.

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cwa-org-28--02-54-

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c. 1920

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