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No.4 - "THE NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL OF VICTORIA, INNER SHRINE", real photo post card (printed circa mid 1930s)

IMAGE INFO

- This post card was printed post-1934 in Great Britain by Authority of The Shrine of Remembrance Trustees.

- The back of the card has the following inscription -

"Erected by a grateful people to the honoured memory of the men and women of Victoria who served the Empire in the Great War of 1914-1918. Dedicated by H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, 11th November, 1934".

- Shrine Of Remembrance Wiki -

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_Remembrance

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SOURCE INFO

- The original B&W real photo card was purchased by my late father-in-law, Driver Tom Beazley, 2/8 Infantry Battalion Reinforcements, 6th Division, 2nd Australian Imperial Force, while on leave in Melbourne during his initial military training at Balcombe, Victoria.

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PROCESS INFO

- Digitized the badly scratched & faded original photo card using a CANON Canoscan 8800F scanner.

- Scanned image quality restored using Topaz Gigapixel AI, Skylum Luminar Neo AI & Adobe Photoshop CS2 software.

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Uploaded on April 23, 2025
Taken circa 1935