P00895.001 Accession Number: P00895.001

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Group portrait of the original members of the 6th Battalion band with their instruments. Identified is: 238 Private (Pte) James Leonard Prendergast (second row, second from left). Pte Prendergast, of Benambra, Vic, enlisted on 4 August 1914 and embarked on 19 October 1914 from Melbourne aboard HMAT Hororata. He returned to Australia on 8 October 1918. Next to him (second row, far left) is an unidentified Aboriginal serviceman.

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Accession Number
P00895.001
Maker
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Date Made
1914
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor J Prendergast
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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