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Street photograph of soldier and man in business suit, circa 1940-1942

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Unique IDA-00034454SeriesSydney Reference Collection (SRC) - PhotographsDateBetween 1st February 1940 and 30th September 1942Date qualifiercircaFormatPhotograph - DigitalDescriptionRichard Willoughby Mason in army uniform and an unidentified man in a suit. Scanned from a print loaned to the Archives by Marilyn Mason in March 2014.

A street photo taken by Arcadia photos, Piccadilly Arcade between 1 Feb 1940 and 30 Sep 1942. The date was calculated on the evidence of RW Mason’s rank at the time of the photo. Mason was promoted to Sergeant in February 1940, probationary Lieutenant in September 1940, Captain in September 1942.

"Cunningham" was written on the back of the photograph and could be the name of the unknown man. It may be Lucien Lawrence “Lou” Cunningham who was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in May 1941 as the member for Coogee.

The photograph may have been taken on Macquarie Street outside of Parliament House.

If this is Cunningham, the election was held on 10 May, the Parliamentary session opened on 28 May 1941 and Cunningham was sworn in on that day so the date can be narrowed to after May 1941.

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Source system ID092\092831Alternative IDSRC25975

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Street photograph of soldier and man in business suit, circa 1940-1942

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