Adelaide, South Australia on the 31st of May, 1914. It was the last day the Glenelg train came up King William Street.
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On this day: Soldiers are Welcomed Home
From the collection of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
This image, dated the 14th of March, 1942, shows a train of soldiers of the 7th Division being welcomed home by women and children in the suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. They had just disembarked from His Majesty’s Transport Orcades and were returning from fighting in the Middle East.
This division of the Australian Army was formed in February of 1940, as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force in the Second World War.
On this day: Awarding the Victoria Cross
The Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII) presents military awards during his visit to Adelaide, South Australia on the 12th of July, 1920.
The man receiving the Victoria Cross, the highest military honour in both Britain and Australia, has been identified as Corporal Arthur Sullivan. Brigadier General John Macquarie Antill, Commandant of SA stands behind the Prince.
Prince Edward became King in 1936, and abdicated the same year.
On this day: worldwide celebrations for Hitler
On the 20th of April, 1939, Germans both in Germany and around the world held celebrations for Adolf Hitler’s fiftieth birthday.
Below is a German club in Adelaide, Australia decorated for the event:
And Hitler in Berlin being congratulated by his government:
