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Rupert Ashe, Charity Collector

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1993

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Rupert Ashe, wearing teal jumper with collector's badge, sitting in wheelchair in Bay View Terrace with green sign bearing images and printing, including yellow wording [FREEDOM FROM HUNGER] hanging from front tray. He holds a collection tin and a sticker for donors.

Historical information

Rupert Ashe was born in Katanning in 1921 and moved to Perth in 1928. He later lived at Alfred Carson Nursing Home in Bay Road Claremont and, although confined to a wheel chair suffering from 'spastic paralysis', he was seen in Bay View Terrace every Friday for some 25 years, collecting for charity . He was voted Claremont Citizen of the Year in 1980.

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Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010

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