EN0414 Accession Number: EN0414

Description

Group portrait of three Australian nursing sisters and two officers on board HMAS Huon in Italy. The destroyer saw no further war service after colliding with HMAS Yarra on 8 August; an influenza epidemic swept through the crew while she was being repaired, and five men died. Identified left to right: Lieutenant Douglas Phillips Herbert; Sister Keith; unidentified nursing sister; Sister Hutt; Lieutenant Commander Charles Fenwick Stow.

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Accession Number
EN0414
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
September 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor Engineer Lieutenant Ireland
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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