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Busselton Historical Society > Records

Photograph - Adrian Calero Monger

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B/W photo of young man in a suit jacket collar and tie.

Historical information

Adrian Calero Monger born 1890/1891 in Perth W.A. the third son of Francis Henry Monger & Ellen Maria Ghita Locke.
He attended Scotch College before joining the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company.
He then joined his brothers Henry & Rupert in Broome W.A. working as a shell opener & pearling clerk on their pearling schooner "Ena".
He enlisted in the A.I.F. in 1915 at Blackboy Hill Camp.
Adrian was killed in action in Gallipoli 30 July 1915 aged 24 years. He is buried in the Shell Green Cemetery at Gallipoli Turkey

https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=211795

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cwa-org-124-3680

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Themes

Mining and Resources

War and Conflict

Material

Photographic Paper

Contextual information

Son of Francis Henry Monger and Ella Maria Ghita Monger (nee Locke)
Grandson of John Bavage Locke and Mary Locke (nee Layman)

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Social or spiritual significance

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Photo courtesy of Broome Historical Society

Image courtesy of broomemuseum.org.au
(https://www.broomeanzac.broomemuseum.org.au)

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