Bank of Australasia, Heroes' Day Pageant/Procession, Brisbane Queensland

Jack Bain worked for the Bank of Australasia and then ANZ bank from 1951. He worked in many branches over his career from the 1920s to his retirement in 1966. The bank to the right was the original Bank of Australasia Branch at the time of the parade in 1917. The building was built in 1856 and then rebuilt in 1923/25. From The Daily Mail, 3 Dec 1917, p.6 QUEENSLAND HEROES' DAY. GREAT PAGEANT AND PROCESSION. SPECTACULAR MILITARY AND ABORIGINAL DISPLAYS. Queensland has worked arduously and well for Heroes' Week, and the effort culminated with a magnificent pageant and procession through the city on Saturday, followed by a great sports carnival and military tattoo at the Exhibition Grounds. Ever since August, three years ago, the public of this State have generously responded to every appeal that has been made on behalf of those men who have gone away to fight for the King and the Empire in various parts of the old world, hut it is hoped that this effort will stand out as the most successful ever yet made in ...