Summary

Black and white photographic negative depicting a row of shops including a butcher, hairdresser and confectionary shop, dating from around World War I. One of the shops is labelled 'RobT [ie. Robert] McCleery Butcher'. There was a butcher named W. Robert McCleery in Perth during World War I, at 1248 Hay Street. His brother, Sergeant John Malcom McCleery (service no.697), served with the 11th Battalion, was Mentioned in Dispatches and earned the Distinguished Conduct medal before he was wounded in the Dardanelles on 8 May 1915. He was sent back to Australia in July 1915, lived at 1248 Hay Street and was discharged from service in 1917.

Part of a collection of World War I photographs associated with the service of Lionel Knox Trezise (service no. 14340), father of the donor John Trezise. Lionel was a 'reliving postmaster and telegraphist' when he enlisted on 22 March 1916. He was placed in the 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron as a sapper, serving with the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force. During his service he apparently took photographs in India, Sri Lanka and Mesopotamia (Iraq and neighbouring regions). After returning to Australia in 1919 he married and became a public servant. He died in 1972. Lionel's brother John Gordon (Jack) Trezise also served in World War I (service no. 5105). He enlisted on 2 March 1916 while a 26-year-old shop assistant in Broken Hill, and was killed in action in France on 1 June 1918.

Description of Content

A row of window-fronted shops including a butcher, hairdresser, and confectionary shop. The shops are made of brick and feature a curved metal verandah. The name on the butcher's window is - 'RobT McCleery.'

Physical Description

Negative featuring a black and white image of a row of shops.

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