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    Watson Collection

     

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    • Army Football Team
      Some of the soldiers at the Rowville Military Camp in 1942 formed a football team to play informal matches in the district. The “S” on their jumpers may refer to the fact that many of them were South Australians. The “1918 Premiers” sign was probably an ironic reference to themselves as old-timers or it could mean that the army’s last great victory was when the First World War was won in 1918.comments Comments (0)
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    • Doug Watson 1
      On the site of the former military camp where he had trained in 1942.comments Comments (0)
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    • Doug Watson 2
      Doug makes friends with horses agisted on the site of the former military camp north of Timbertop Drive.comments Comments (0)
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    • Doug Watson 3
      Doug holds the old water connection. The link from the Dandenong supply was made in 1942 to service the military base.comments Comments (0)
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    • Doug Watson 4
      Doug stands beside the concrete base of a since demolished shower block. All of the huts were sold to eager purchasers as soon as the camp was vacated after the repatriation of the final lot of Italian POWs in 1946. Building materials were in very short supply at the end of the war. One of the huts was re-erected in Dandenong to house a dry cleaning business.comments Comments (0)
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    • Doug Watson 5
      Doug beside the inspection track for the electricity pylons.comments Comments (0)

    Lysterfield property – The Leasowes

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    The Leasowes was owned by the Watsons in the !930s and 40s. They were part-owners of the famous Young & Jackson’s Hotel in Flinders Street. The property is now owned by the Salesian Fathers and is known as Auxilium College.

     

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