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ID number: H16377.Photographer: Dorothy Warner.Place: Kapunda, South Australia..May Reynell lost her husband‚ Lieutenant-Colonel Carew Reynell‚ and her brother‚ Private Douglas Byard‚ on Gallipoli. Despite her loss she remained committed to the war effort. Already active in several patriotic committees, including the Red Cross Sock Club and Cheer–Up Society, she travelled to Egypt‚ where she ran at her own expense a tea house for light horsemen at Heliopolis. ..Reynell was dedicated to her work, almost to the detriment of her own health. In April 1916, a concerned officer of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment wrote to her father-in-law commending her for her work but cautioning that she may be overworking herself...Returning to Australia, she continued her volunteer work, becoming president of the local chapter of the Red Cross and secretary and treasurer of the League of Loyal Women. She maintained this contribution after the war, working to support bereaved families‚ war widows, and returned soldiers...Reynell never remarried but she was to experience wartime loss again. Her son‚ 32091 Flight Lieutenant Richard Carew Reynell‚ served with the 43 Squadron Royal Air Force in the Second World War and was killed in 1940 during the defence of London...Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions..This photograph is from the Australian War Memorial's collection ( http:// ) .: /H16377 ( https:///H16377 )
The Australian War Memorial combines a shrine, a museum, and an extensive archive. Its collections, commemorative ceremonies, exhibitions and research help Australians remember, interpret, and understand the Australian experience of war and its enduring impact on Australian society. It was in August 1916 that Charles Bean, then the Australian official war correspondent, and later the official historian, developed the idea for a memorial museum. The organisation of the collection began in May 1917 under John Treloar, a young army officer who was later appointed Director of the Memorial. He laid the foundation for all of the Memorial’s collections, which include objects, works of art, photographs, film, sound recordings, official and personal records, books, maps, and ephemera. The collection includes material from 1789 to the present.
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